German

Noun

Gourmet m ‎(genitive Gourmets, plural Gourmets)

1. gourmet

Declension

Synonyms

• Feinschmecker

English

Adjective

gourmet ‎(not comparable)

1. (of food) fine

   Gourmet coffee is just like regular coffee, only better.

   We need to go to the gourmet grocery store to get the exotic ingredients for this recipe.

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

Translations

Noun

gourmet ‎(plural gourmets)

1. A connoisseur in eating and drinking, someone who takes their food considerably more seriously than most.

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.

Synonyms

• foodie

Translations

See also

• gourmand
• haute cuisine

French

Etymology

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 *grōma ‎(“male child, boy, youth”) from Old English grōwan ‎(“to grow”). More at groom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuʁ.mɛ/

Noun

gourmet m ‎(plural gourmets)

1. (of wines) A wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch.
2. (more commonly) A culinary connoisseur, gourmet.

Italian

Etymology

French

Noun

gourmet m, f ‎(invariable)

1. gourmet

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gurmê (rare)

Adjective

gourmet ‎(plural gourmet, comparable)

1. (of food) gourmet; fine

Noun

gourmet m f (plural gourmets)

1. gourmet (a person who appreciates good food)

Spanish

Adjective

gourmet m, f ‎(plural gourmets)

1. gourmet