gastronome
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French gastronome.
Noun edit
gastronome (plural gastronomes)
- a lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet
- Synonyms: gastronomist, gastronomer
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 231:
- A gastronome ought to fast sometimes on principle; we appreciate no pleasures unless we are occasionally debarred from them. Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
gourmet — see gourmet
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɡas.tʁɔ.nɔm/
Audio (file) - Homophone: gastronomes
Noun edit
gastronome m or f by sense (plural gastronomes)
Further reading edit
- “gastronome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gastronome f
- plural of gastronoma