foie gras

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French foie gras (literally “fat liver”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌfwɑː ˈɡɹɑː/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌfwɑ ˈɡɹɑ/ === Noun === foie gras (countable and uncountable, plural foies gras) The fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking. ==== Synonyms ==== foie (shortening, colloquial) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== pâté de foie gras ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== fatty liver === Anagrams === Figeroas == French == === Etymology === From foie (“liver”) +‎ gras (“fat”). Literally, “fat liver”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fwa ɡʁa/ ~ /fwa ɡʁɑ/ === Noun === foie gras m (plural foies gras) foie gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks) === Further reading === foie gras on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French foie gras. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfwa ˈɡra/ Syllabification: foie gras === Noun === foie gras n (indeclinable) foie gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking) Synonym: pasztet strasburski === Further reading === foie gras in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French foie gras (literally “fat liver”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -a === Noun === foie gras m (uncountable) foie gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks) === Further reading === “foie gras”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “foie gras”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French foie gras (literally “fat liver”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌfwa ˈɡɾa/ [ˌfwa ˈɣ̞ɾa] === Noun === foie gras m (uncountable) foie gras ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “foie gras”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025