gastronome
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French gastronome.
Noun
[edit]gastronome (plural gastronomes)
- a lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet
- Synonyms: gastronomist, gastronomer
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 231:
- A gastronome ought to fast sometimes on principle: we appreciate no pleasures unless we are occasionally debarred from them. Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]gourmet — see gourmet
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɡas.tʁɔ.nɔm/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: gastronomes
Noun
[edit]gastronome m or f by sense (plural gastronomes)
Further reading
[edit]- “gastronome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gastronome f
- plural of gastronoma
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