Foie-gras meaning

fwä grä'
The enlarged liver of a force-fed goose, or, sometimes, duck, often made into pâté de foie gras.
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The fattened liver of a force-fed goose or sometimes duck, usually served sliced or as a pâté.
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The fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking.
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Origin of foie-gras

  • French foie liver (from Old French) (from Vulgar Latin ficatum) (alteration of Latin fīcātum liver of an animal fattened on figs) (from fīcus fig) gras fat, fatty (from Old French) (from Latin crassus thick, fat)
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • Borrowing from French foie gras (literally “fatty liver”)
    From Wiktionary

Foie-gras Sentence Examples

  • Manufactures include flour, dried plums, p� de foie gras and other delicacies, hardware, manures, brooms, drugs, woven goods tiles.

  • THE BILL Starters range from £ 4.50 for a shellfish bisque to £ 12.80 for a terrine of foie gras.

  • Only one dish didn't work - a tranche of seared foie gras which lacked texture.

  • X Y Z A " Ah, but Cristina doesn't eat foie gras!

  • Let's hope that these future chefs refuse to serve foie gras once they have learned how it is produced.

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