the enlarged liver of a force-fed goose, or, sometimes, duck, often made into pâté de foie gras
Origin of foie gras
Frenchfoie gras
foie gras foie gras
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foie gras
noun
pl. foie grasThe fattened liver of a force-fed goose or sometimes duck, usually served sliced or as a pâté.
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 )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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