gastronomy

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WOTD – 4 June 2016

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gastronomy

From French gastronomie, from Ancient Greek γαστρονομία (gastronomía), from γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) + νόμος (nómos, “knowledge, law”); by surface analysis, gastro- (“cooking”) +‎ -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”).

gastronomy (usually uncountable, plural gastronomies)

The art of preparing and eating good food.
The study of the relationship between food and culture.
The cooking of a particular area; cuisine.
The gastronomy of Mexico is world-famous.

study of the relationship between food and culture

Arabic: فَنّ اَلْأَكْل m (fann al-ʔakl)
Basque: gastronomia (eu)
Belarusian: гастрано́мія f (hastranómija), кулінарыя f (kulinaryja)
Bulgarian: гастрономия f (gastronomija), кулинария f (kulinarija)
Catalan: gastronomia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 美食學 / 美食学 (měishíxué), 烹飪法 / 烹饪法 (zh) (pēngrènfǎ), 美食法 (měishífǎ)
Czech: gastronomie f
Dutch: gastronomie (nl) f
Esperanto: gastronomio
Finnish: gastronomia (fi)
French: gastronomie (fr) f
Galician: gastronomía (gl) f
Georgian: გასტრონომია (gasṭronomia), კულინარია (ḳulinaria)
German: Gastronomie (de) f
Hebrew: גַּסְטְרוֹנוֹמְיָה (he) f (gastronomia)
Hungarian: gasztronómia (hu)
Ido: gastronomio (io)
Italian: gastronomia (it) f
Japanese: ガストロノミー (gasutoronomī), 美食学 (びしょくがく, bishokugaku), 美食術 (びしょくじゅつ, bishokujutsu)
Latvian: gastronomija f, kulinārija f
Lithuanian: gastronomija f, kulinarija f
Polish: gastronomia (pl) f
Portuguese: gastronomia (pt) f
Romanian: gastronomie (ro) f
Russian: гастроно́мия (ru) f (gastronómija), кулинари́я (ru) f (kulinaríja)
Spanish: gastronomía (es) f
Swedish: gastronomi (sv) ?
Turkish: gastronomi (tr)
Ukrainian: гастроно́мія (uk) f (hastronómija), кулінарія f (kulinarija)
Vietnamese: ẩm thực (vi), liệu lí học
Yiddish: גאַסטראָנאָמיע f (gastronomye)