foie

English

Etymology

Clipping of foie gras.. From French foie gras, from foie (“liver”) + gras (“fat”)

Noun

foie (uncountable) (lit. liver)

1. (colloquial) Short for foie gras.
   • 2005, Los Angeles Magazine (volume 50, number 5, page 159)

     Everything's even better than it sounds: endive, watercress, and aged Stilton salad, frog legs amandine with celeriac puree, buffalo foie burger with truffle fries on a brioche bun, campfire trout.

   • 2006, Chuck Johnson, ‎Blanche Johnson, Savor Idaho Cookbook

     Season the foie and sear until dark golden brown. Drain off and reserve the foie, adding the fat back into the pan and bring heat back up.

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French

Etymology

From Old French foie, feie, from Late Latin fīcātum (“liver”), from Latin iecur fīcātum (“fig-stuffed liver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fwa/

• Audio (France, Paris):

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• Rhymes: -a
• Homophones: foi, foies, fois
• Hyphenation: foie

Noun

foie m (plural foies)

1. liver (anatomy, food)

Derived terms

• avoir les foies
• foie gras
• huile de foie de morue

Further reading

• “foie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

foie f

1. plural of foia

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Old French

Alternative forms

• feie

Etymology

From earlier feie, from Late Latin fīcātum (“liver”), from Latin iecur fīcātum (“fig-stuffed liver”).

Noun

foie oblique singular, m (oblique plural foies, nominative singular foies, nominative plural foie)

1. liver

Descendants

• French: foie
• Norman: faie

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Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of foie gras.. From French foie gras, from foie+gras

Noun

foie m (plural foies)

1. foie (“foie gras”); Short for foie gras.