pâté de foie gras en · NOUN
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French pâté de foie gras.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A pâté of fat goose liver; the lowest-grade preparation of foie gras.
As for externals, it may be at once admitted that Messrs. [John Alfred] Gotch and [Hermann] Knackfuss, the architects, have resolutely refused to retain any of the features of the old building. The new palace is entirely in the neo-Gulielmian [of Wilhelm II] style, and is built from end to end of collo-concrete blocks of condensed pâté de foie gras faced with Parian marble.
1911 March 22, “Our New Patricians. Palaces While You Wait.”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume CXL, London: […] The Whitefriars Press. Bradbury, Agnew & Co., […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 206, column 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pâtés de foie gras | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
parfait de foie gras · mousse de foie gras
Translations (2)
id pâté de foie gras (the lowest grade preparation of foie gras) · no gåseleverpostei (the lowest grade preparation of foie gras)