foie gras en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌfwɑ ˈɡɹɑ/ (US)
- /ˌfwɑː ˈɡɹɑː/ (UK)
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Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French foie gras (literally “fat liver”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking.
For its meat entry, the French team presented a rib steak with barbecued grilled foie gras; fillet of beef with tiny garden vegetables; a three-dimensional angular creation of oxtail and caramelized celery; braised beef cheeks with carrot topiary and a miniature shrub of leeks.
2009 January 28, Elaine Sciolino, “Norway Wins the Bocuse d’Or Competition”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020:Many foies gras put up by French canneries aren’t really French at all.
1948, Town & Country, page 166:Foies Gras are now sold in cans in every large grocery establishment in the United States.[…]Bake this paste, and then fill in with the foies gras.
1901, The Picayune’s Creole Cook Book, 2nd edition, New Orleans, La.: The Picayune, page 130, columns 1–2:Foies gras are supplied either by geese or ducks.
1907, “Poultry”, in A Guide to Modern Cookery, London: William Heinemann Ltd., translation of Le guide culinaire by Auguste Escoffier, section “1726—Foie Gras”, page 547:Fresh duck foies gras are so highly prized in the southwest of France[…]
1963, Réalités, section “Louisa Porter’s Comments”, page 87, column 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| foies gras | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
fatty liver · pâté de foie gras
Synonyms
Translations (63)
de Stopfleber (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · nl eendenlever (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · cmn 肥鵝肝 /肥鹅肝 (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · it foie gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · sv gåslever (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · eo grashepataĵo (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · tr kaz ciğeri (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · es foie gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · ka ფუა-გრა (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · ar فْوَا غْرَا (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · cmn 肥鴨肝 /肥鸭肝 (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · it fegato grasso (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · he כָּבֵד אַוָּז (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · grc χήνεια ἥπατα (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · ar كبد الأوز (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · yue 肥肝 (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · li vètslaever (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · cmn 鵝肝 /鹅肝 (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · pl foie gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · yue 鵝肝 /鹅肝 (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · et hanemaksa (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · ja フォワグラ (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · fr foie gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · yue 鵝肥肝 /鹅肥肝 (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · ar كبد البط (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · vi gan ngỗng béo (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · lt žąsų arba ančių kepenėlių paštetas (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · ru фуа̀-гра́ (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · sv foie gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · ca foie gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · cmn 鴨肝 /鸭肝 (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · de Entenstopfleber (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · no gåselever (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · nl ganzenlever (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · eo fuagraso (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · ml കൊഴുപ്പിച്ച കരൾ (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · oc hitge gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · hu libamáj (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · de Foie gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · arz فْوَا جْرَا (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · he פואה גרא (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · vi gan béo (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · lo ຟົວກາ (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · cmn 肥肝 (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · pt foie gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · pl pasztet strasburski (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · la fīcātum (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · th ฟัวกรา (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · oc hetge gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · el φουά γκρα (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · fi hanhenmaksa (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · es fuagrás (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · sv anklever (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · de Gänsestopfleber (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · nl foie gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · lt žąsų kepenėlių paštetas (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · ja フォアグラ (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · fa جگر چرب (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · ko 푸아그라 (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · oc fetge gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · uk фуа̀-гра́ (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · ar كبد دسم (fattened liver of geese or ducks) · vi gan ngỗng vỗ béo (fattened liver of geese or ducks)