gourmet
A connoisseur in eating and drinkingA connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.
» Tom's partner thought that they should also sell gourmet popcorn seasonings.
Toms Partner meinte, dass auch Gourmetwürzungen für Popcorn in den Verkauf genommen werden sollten.
Meaning
1 sensesA connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.
Feinschmecker, Feinschmeckerin, Gourmet
гурма́нgurmán, гастроно́мgastronóm, ла́комкаlákomka
гурма́нhurmán, гурма́нкаhurmánka
- a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
Examples
15 sentencesTom's partner thought that they should also sell gourmet popcorn seasonings.
deToms Partner meinte, dass auch Gourmetwürzungen für Popcorn in den Verkauf genommen werden sollten.
Tom is a gourmet cook.
Tom is a gourmet.
We went to a gourmet place.
Oleg is obsessed with cooking gourmet meals.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French gourmet, from Middle French gourmet, from Old French groumet (“wine bBorrowed from French gourmet, from Middle French gourmet, from Old French groumet (“wine broker, valet in charge of wines, servant”) from groume, grommes (“wine-taster, manservant”), apparently from Middle English grom, grome (“boy, valet, servant”), from Old English *grōm (“male child, boy, youth”), akin to Old English grōwan (“to grow”). Cognate of Spanish grumete and Catalan grumet. More at groom.
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Forms
plural: gourmetsSynonyms
6 synonyms- a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink):epicuregastronomebon vivantepicureanfoodie