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語源

Unadapted borrowing from French foie gras (literally “fat liver”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌfwɑː ˈɡɹɑː/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌfwɑ ˈɡɹɑ/

名詞

foie gras (countable and uncountable, plural foies gras)

1. The fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking.
   • 1901, The Picayune’s Creole Cook Book, 2nd edition, New Orleans, La.: The Picayune, page 130, columns 1–2:

     Foies Gras are now sold in cans in every large grocery establishment in the United States. […] Bake this paste, and then fill in with the foies gras.

   • 1907, “Poultry”, in A Guide to Modern Cookery, London: William Heinemann Ltd., translation of Le guide culinaire by Auguste Escoffier, section “1726—Foie Gras”, page 547:

     Foies gras are supplied either by geese or ducks.

   • 1948, Town & Country, page 166:

     Many foies gras put up by French canneries aren’t really French at all.

   • 1963, Réalités, section “Louisa Porter’s Comments”, page 87, column 3:

     Fresh duck foies gras are so highly prized in the southwest of France […]

   • 2009 January 28, Elaine Sciolino, “Norway Wins the Bocuse d’Or Competition”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 9 November 2020:

     For its meat entry, the French team presented a rib steak with barbecued grilled foie gras; fillet of beef with tiny garden vegetables; a three-dimensional angular creation of oxtail and caramelized celery; braised beef cheeks with carrot topiary and a miniature shrub of leeks.

同意語

• foie (shortening, colloquial)

派生語

関連する語

• pâté de foie gras

参考

• fatty liver

アナグラム

• Figeroas