gastronome
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French gastronome.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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
Translations
gourmet — see gourmet
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Back-formation from gastronomie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡas.tʁɔ.nɔm/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: gastronomes
Noun
gastronome m or f by sense (plural gastronomes)
Further reading
- “gastronome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡasˈtrɔ.no.me/
- Rhymes: -ɔnome
- Hyphenation: ga‧strò‧no‧me
Noun
gastronome f
- plural of gastronoma