foodie
A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmetA person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet.
» He's a foodie.
Er ist ein Feinschmecker.
Он гурман.
Він гурман.
Meaning
1 senses(colloquial)A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet.
We self-professed foodies liked to meet in restaurants and talk like experts about what we were eating.
Foodie
чревоуго́дникčrevougódnik, чревоугодницаčrevougodnica
a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
Examples
6 sentencesHe's a foodie.
Він гурман. — Anjy
ruОн гурман. — odexed
deEr ist ein Feinschmecker. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Adriano's steak is a foodie's dream.
Adriano's steak is a foodie's delight.
A restaurant is a haven for foodies.
Benedito's date was a foodie, so they went to a cooking class.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From food + -ie. Popularized by Ann Barr and Paul Levy in The Official Foodie Handbook (19From food + -ie. Popularized by Ann Barr and Paul Levy in The Official Foodie Handbook (1984). Levy credits New York food critic Gael Greene with the coinage. The word was used by Greene in a 1980 article in New York magazine, see quotations.
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Forms
plural: foodiesSynonyms
10 synonyms- a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink):epicuregourmetgastronomebon vivantepicurean