foie
English
Etymology
Clipping of foie gras.. From French foie gras, from foie (“liver”) + gras (“fat”)
Noun
foie (uncountable) (lit. liver)
- (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.
- 2005, Los Angeles Magazine (volume 50, number 5, page 159)
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): (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Homophones: foi, foies, fois
- Hyphenation: foie
Noun
foie m (plural foies)
- liver (anatomy, food)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “foie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
foie f
Old French
Alternative forms
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)
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of foie gras.. From French foie gras, from foie+gras
Noun
foie m (plural foies)
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