gourmet

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed 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. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ɡʊɹˈmeɪ/, /ˈɡʊɹmeɪ/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊəmeɪ/, /ˈɡɔːmeɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ === Adjective === gourmet (not comparable) (of food and drink) Fine; of superior quality. [from 1820] ==== Usage notes ==== Gourmet has become somewhat debased by marketing usage, and is considered by some a pretentious middlebrow term. Such users tend to prefer terms such as artisanal (emphasizing the craft) for fine food. ==== Coordinate terms ==== artisanal ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === gourmet (plural gourmets) A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously. ==== Usage notes ==== Gourmet emphasizes interest in quality of food and enjoyment of eating, sometimes to an obsessive degree: someone who “lives to eat rather than eating to live”. By contrast, a gourmand is someone more interested in quantity of food than quality of food. ==== Synonyms ==== foodie gourmand ==== Translations ==== === See also === gourmand haute cuisine == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣuːrˈmɛt/, /ɡuːrˈmɛt/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French gourmet. ==== Noun ==== gourmet m (plural gourmets, diminutive gourmetje n) a person of refined palate for food and drink, a gourmet, a foodie a kind of festive meal, similar to raclette or Chinese hot pot, prepared at the table by the diners in individual pots heated by a raclette grill ===== Derived terms ===== gourmetten gourmetpan gourmetset === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== gourmet inflection of gourmetten: first/second/third-person singular present indicative imperative == Finnish == === Etymology === From French gourmet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡurmeː/, [ˈɡurme̞ː] Rhymes: -urmeː Syllabification(key): gour‧met Hyphenation(key): gour‧met === Adjective === gourmet alternative form of gurmee ==== Declension ==== === Noun === gourmet alternative form of gurmee ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “gourmet”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French gourmet, from Old French groumet (“wine broker, valet in charge of wines, servant”) from Old French grommes (“manservant”), from Middle English grom, grome (“boy, valet, servant”) of unknown origin, perhaps from Old English *grōm (“male child, boy, youth”) from Old English grōwan (“to grow”). Cognate of Spanish grumete and Catalan grumet. More at groom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡuʁ.mɛ/ === Noun === gourmet m (plural gourmets) (of wines) a wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch (more commonly) a culinary connoisseur, gourmet ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “gourmet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French gourmet. === Noun === gourmet m or f by sense (invariable) gourmet === Further reading === gourmet in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === gurmê (rare) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French gourmet. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -e === Adjective === gourmet (invariable) (of food) gourmet; fine ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === gourmet m or f by sense (plural gourmets) gourmet (a person who appreciates good food) === Further reading === “gourmet”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “gourmet”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “gourmet”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “gourmet”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French gourmet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡuɾˈme/ [ɡuɾˈme], /ɡouɾˈmet/ [ɡou̯ɾˈmet̪] Rhymes: -e, -et Syllabification: gour‧met === Adjective === gourmet m or f (masculine and feminine plural gourmets) gourmet ==== 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 === “gourmet”, 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 == Swedish == === Noun === gourmet c someone to whom good food is very important; a gourmet Synonyms: (less common) gourmé, läckergom ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== finsmakare gourmand ==== References ==== “gourmet”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gourmet”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “gourmet”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)