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gastronomy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɡæˈstɹɒnəmi/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French gastronomie, from Ancient Greek γαστρονομία (gastronomía), from γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) + νόμος (nómos, “knowledge, law”); by surface analysis, gastro- (“cooking”) + -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The art of preparing and eating good food.
2. (uncountable, usually) The restaurant industry.
   • She is a sociable person who easily adapts to new situations, her husband works in gastronomy and her children, who also play music, quickly adapted to their primary and secondary schools. 2022 September 8, Enrique Coraza de los Santos, Luis Alfredo Arriola Vega, Crises and Migration: Critical Perspectives from Latin America, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 115:
   • It is against this background that the city of Vienna, in collaboration with the Vienna Economic Chamber, has decided to issue vouchers, to be spent in the Viennese gastronomy. 2020 May 14, “City of Vienna issues gastronomy vouchers for every household”, in EU Policy Watch:
   • This does not mean, however, that activity in the restaurant business is predictable, economically safe and stable. According to some authors (Longart 2015, p. 1) as the gastronomy sector is one of the easiest to enter there is a constant threat of new competition. 2020 January 20, Andrzej Kowalczyk, Marta Derek, Gastronomy and Urban Space: Changes and Challenges in Geographical Perspective, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 94:
3. (uncountable, usually) The study of the relationship between food and culture.
4. (uncountable, usually) The cooking of a particular area; cuisine.
   • The gastronomy of Mexico is world-famous.

Forms

Deriveds

molecular gastronomy · bistronomy · neurogastronomy · gastrophysics

Relateds

gastronome · cooking · gastronomic · gastro-

Translations (43)

ka კულინარია (study of the relationship between food and culture) · hu gasztronómia (study of the relationship between food and culture) · cmn 美食學 /美食学 (study of the relationship between food and culture) · lt gastronomija (study of the relationship between food and culture) · it gastronomia (study of the relationship between food and culture) · de Gastronomie (study of the relationship between food and culture) · be кулінарыя (study of the relationship between food and culture) · vi ẩm thực (study of the relationship between food and culture) · tr gastronomi (study of the relationship between food and culture) · nl gastronomie (study of the relationship between food and culture) · fi gastronomia (study of the relationship between food and culture) · ru гастроно́мия (study of the relationship between food and culture) · cmn 烹飪法 /烹饪法 (study of the relationship between food and culture) · lv kulinārija (study of the relationship between food and culture) · ka გასტრონომია (study of the relationship between food and culture) · bg гастрономия (study of the relationship between food and culture) · cs gastronomie (study of the relationship between food and culture) · sv gastronomi (study of the relationship between food and culture) · be гастрано́мія (study of the relationship between food and culture) · ar فَنّ اَلْأَكْل (study of the relationship between food and culture) · io gastronomio (study of the relationship between food and culture) · ja 美食術 (study of the relationship between food and culture) · cmn 美食法 (study of the relationship between food and culture) · pt gastronomia (study of the relationship between food and culture) · gl gastronomía (study of the relationship between food and culture) · es gastronomía (study of the relationship between food and culture) · he גַּסְטְרוֹנוֹמְיָה (study of the relationship between food and culture) · fr gastronomie (study of the relationship between food and culture) · bg кулинария (study of the relationship between food and culture) · uk гастроно́мія (study of the relationship between food and culture) · lv gastronomija (study of the relationship between food and culture) · ja ガストロノミー (study of the relationship between food and culture) · lt kulinarija (study of the relationship between food and culture) · ro gastronomie (study of the relationship between food and culture) · ru кулинари́я (study of the relationship between food and culture) · eo gastronomio (study of the relationship between food and culture) · pl gastronomia (study of the relationship between food and culture) · eu gastronomia (study of the relationship between food and culture) · ca gastronomia (study of the relationship between food and culture) · vi liệu lí học (study of the relationship between food and culture) · yi גאַסטראָנאָמיע (study of the relationship between food and culture) · uk кулінарія (study of the relationship between food and culture) · ja 美食学 (study of the relationship between food and culture)