Complete Definition of "gourmet"

see|Gourmet

English
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Pronunciation
\Gour`met"Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ|-eɪ

Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. context|of food fine

#:Gourmet coffee is just like regular coffee, only better.
#:We need to go to the gourmet grocery store to get the exotic ingredients for this recipe.

Translations
French: gastronomique

Noun
en-noun

  1. A connoisseur in eating and drinking. Also called a foodie, a gourmet is someone who takes their food considerably more seriously than most. Some might say that they live to eat rather than eating to live. They appreciate fine quality of food. Gourmets started the Slow Food movement.

Translations
trans-top|connoisseur
Czech: labužník m
French: #French|gourmet m
Chinese: ���,精���人
German: Feinschmecker
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Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|��|trshokutsū, t|ja|scJpan|��家|trbishoku-ka, t|ja|scJpan|���|trgurume
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Related terms
A gourmand is someone interested in quantity of food as well as quality.

See also
haute cuisine.

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