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gourmet

connoisseur of fine food and drink: His choice of wines shows that he is a gourmet.
Not to be confused with:
gourmand – a person who likes food and tends to eat to excess: He’s nothing more than a gourmand who eats everything in sight.
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gour·met

 (go͝or-mā′, go͝or′mā′)
n.
A connoisseur of fine food and drink.
adj.
Being of a standard suitable for or characteristic of a gourmet: a gourmet meal; a gourmet kitchen.

[French, from Old French, alteration (influenced by gourmand, glutton) of groumet, servant, valet in charge of wines, from Middle English grom, boy, valet.]
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gourmet

(ˈɡʊəmeɪ; French ɡurmɛ)
n
a person who cultivates a discriminating palate for the enjoyment of good food and drink
[C19: from French, from Old French gromet serving boy]
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gour•met

(gʊərˈmeɪ, ˈgʊər meɪ)

n.
1. a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure.
adj.
2. of, characteristic of, or designed for gourmets.
3. of or involving fancy or exotic foods.
[1810–20; < French]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.gourmet - a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)gourmet - a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
sensualist - a person who enjoys sensuality
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gourmet

adjective
1. gastronomic, epicurean They share a love of gourmet cooking.
noun
1. connoisseur, foodie (informal), bon vivant (French), epicure, gastronome coquilles Saint-Jacques - a gourmet's delight
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Translations
ذَوّاقه ، ذَوّاق الأكل
gurmánlabužník
gourmet
ínyenc
sælkeri
グルメ美食家食通
gurmanassmaguris
gardēdis
labužník
damak titizi

gourmet

[ˈgʊəmeɪ]
A. Ngastrónomo/a m/f
B. ADJ [food, dinner] → de gastronomía
gourmet cookingla gastronomía
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gourmet

[ˈgʊərmeɪ]
ngourmet m, gastronome mf
modif [meal, dinner, food] → gastronomique
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gourmet

nFeinschmecker(in) m(f), → Gourmet m
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gourmet

[ˈgʊəmeɪ] ngourmet m inv, buongustaio/a
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gourmet

(ˈguəmei) noun
a person who enjoys and knows a lot about good food and wines.
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Father Brown gathered, from the course of the conversation, that Cray, the other gourmet, had to leave before the usual lunch-time; but that Putnam, his host, not to be done out of a final feast with an old crony, had arranged for a special dejeuner to be set out and consumed in the course of the morning, while Audrey and other graver persons were at morning service.
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