fumet
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the French fumet (“aroma”), from Latin fumus (“smoke”). Doublet of fumetto.
Noun edit
fumet (countable and uncountable, plural fumets)
- A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet.
- A ragout of partridge and rabbit braised in wine.
- Alternative form of fumette (“stench or high flavour of meat”)
Etymology 2 edit
Compare French fumier dung, Old French femier, from Latin fimum (“dung”). See fewmet.
Noun edit
fumet
- The excretions of deer, or any Cervidae.
- 1780, Nicholas Cox, The Huntsman[1], page 57:
- The next thing to be considered, is the Fumishing ; and this is to be judged of in April or May. If the Fumets be great, large and thick, they signify the Hart to be old.
- 1825, Oliver Goldsmith, A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, volume II, page 187:
- When he cries he is said to bell; the print of his hoof is called the slot; his tail is called the single; his excrement the fumet; his horns are called his head; […]
References edit
- “fumet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- The Larousse Gastronomique
- Fumet, die.net.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fumet m (plural fumets)
References edit
- “fumet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- The Larousse Gastronomique
- Fumet, die.net.
Further reading edit
- “fumet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
fūmet