gourmandise

== English == === Etymology 1 === From gourmand +‎ -ise. ==== Alternative forms ==== gourmandize, gormandise, gormandize gourmondise, gourmondize, gormondise, gormondize (archaic) ==== Pronunciation ==== (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊɹməndaɪz/, /ˈɡoɹ-/, /ˈɡɔɹ-/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊəməndaɪz/, /ˈɡɔː-/ Hyphenation: gour‧mand‧ise ==== Verb ==== gourmandise (third-person singular simple present gourmandises, present participle gourmandising, simple past and past participle gourmandised) To eat food in a gluttonous manner; to gorge; to make a pig of oneself. Synonym: (archaic or UK, dialectal) guttle ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French gourmandise. ==== Pronunciation ==== (General American) IPA(key): /ɡʊɹmənˈdiz/, /ˈɡoɹ-/, /ˈɡɔɹ-/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡʊəmənˈdiːz/, /ˈɡɔː-/ Hyphenation: gour‧man‧dise ==== Noun ==== gourmandise (uncountable) gluttony == French == === Etymology === From gourmand +‎ -ise. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡuʁ.mɑ̃.diz/ === Noun === gourmandise f (plural gourmandises) delicacy (a pleasing food) (uncountable) culinary taste; joie de manger (uncountable) gluttony === Further reading === “gourmandise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012