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gourmand en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡʊʁmɑ̃/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɡɔɹˈmɑnd/ (US)
• /ˈɡʊə.mənd/ (UK)
• /ˈɡʊɹ.mɑnd/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English gourmaunt, gormond, gromonde, from Old French gormant (“a glutton”, noun), from gormant (“gluttonous”, adjective), of uncertain origin.

Meanings

1. A person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater.
   • The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone. 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 5:
   • I knew him, at Caivs trencher, when for hyre, / He proſtituted his abuſed body / To that great gourmond, fat Apicivs; 1603 (first performance; published 1605), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Seianus his Fall. A Tragœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act I, page 365:
2. A person who appreciates good food.
   • The third key was the number of demands from different patrons or groups for their own specialized cuisines. Such patrons included the court, rich households, and scholar-gourmands. Buddhists and Muslims also elaborated their own cuisines (sucai 素菜 and qingzhen 清真). 2000, Endymion Wilkinson, “Agriculture, Food, and the Environment”, in Chinese History: A New Manual, Rev. & enl. edition, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 636:

Forms

Deriveds

gourmandise · gourmand syndrome · gourmandism

Relateds

gourmet

Synonyms

glutton (person given to excess consumption) · foodie (person with a special interest or knowledge of food) · chowhound (person who appreciates food) · trencherman · gourmet (person who appreciates food) · gastronaut (person who appreciates food)

Translations (81)

es gastrónomo (person who appreciates good food) · uk заже́ра (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · hy շատակեր (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · fr gastronome (person who appreciates good food) · pt guloso (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · grc τένθης (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · fr gourmande (person who appreciates good food) · pl łakomczuch (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · ota اوبور (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · de Gourmet (person who appreciates good food) · grc γαστρίμαργος (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · fr gourmand (person who appreciates good food) · pl smakosz (person who appreciates good food) · it ghiottone (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · pt glutão (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · la gluttō (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · tr gurme (person who appreciates good food) · fi herkkusuu (person who appreciates good food) · de Schlemmerin (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · hu hasimádó (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · fr goulu (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · fi gurmandi (person who appreciates good food) · fi syömäri (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · es comilón (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · el καλοφαγάς (person who appreciates good food) · es goloso (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · pt gourmand (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · nrf goudalleux (person who appreciates good food) · uk ґурма́н (person who appreciates good food) · uk жеру́н (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · fi mässäilijä (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · de Schlemmer (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · ota قاشیقجی (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · de Gourmand (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · ru гурма́н (person who appreciates good food) · ru ла́комка (person who appreciates good food) · la liguritor (person who appreciates good food) · es sibarita (person who appreciates good food) · hy որկրամոլ (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · de Völler (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · el κοιλιόδουλος (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · hy գուրման (person who appreciates good food) · fr boulimique (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · de Feinschmeckerin (person who appreciates good food) · es goloso (person who appreciates good food) · fr dégustateur (person who appreciates good food) · la lurcō (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · myv плямсиця (person who appreciates good food) · fi herkuttelija (person who appreciates good food) · nb fråtser (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · es tragaldabas (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · ru обжо́ра (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · el φαγάς (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · la helluō (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · uk гурма́н (person who appreciates good food) · es glotón (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · ru гастроно́м (person who appreciates good food) · uk ненаже́ра (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · it buongustaio (person who appreciates good food) · tr obur (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · fi ahmatti (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · grc ὀψοφάγος (person who appreciates good food) · de Feinschmecker (person who appreciates good food) · mk гурман (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · es gourmet (person who appreciates good food) · bg чревоугодник (person who appreciates good food) · de Vielfraß (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · nb storspiser (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · hy համադամասեր (person who appreciates good food) · nb gastronom (person who appreciates good food) · bg лакомник (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · it golosone (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · pt gourmand (person who appreciates good food) · fr glouton (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · nb gourmet (person who appreciates good food) · fr gourmet (person who appreciates good food) · es tragón (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · pt comilão (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · hy բկլատ (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · mk лакомец (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) · fr goinfre (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink)