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I really like hamburgers and French fries, and I don't consider myself some kind of gourmand.
Eric Schlosser

Meaning of "gourmand" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GOURMAND

From Old French gourmant, of uncertain origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GOURMAND

gourmand  [ˈɡʊəmənd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOURMAND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gourmand is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GOURMAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Gourmand

A gourmand is a person who takes great pleasure in food; a person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater. The word has different connotations from the similar word gourmet, which emphasises an individual with a highly refined discerning palate, but in practice the two terms are closely linked, as both imply the enjoyment of good food. An alternative and older usage of the word is to describe a person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink, synonymous with a "glutton" or a "trencherman". In this latter usage, there is a parallel concern among the French that their word for the appreciation of gourmet cuisine is historically included in the French Catholic list of the Seven Deadly Sins. With the evolution in the meaning of gourmand away from gluttony, towards the appreciation of good food, French culinary proponents are advocating that the Catholic Church update the infamous list to refer to "gloutonnerie" rather than "gourmandise." The Ligue des Gourmands was founded by Auguste Escoffier in 1912. The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards were created by Edouard Cointreau in 1995.

Definition of gourmand in the English dictionary

The definition of gourmand in the dictionary is a person devoted to eating and drinking, esp to excess.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GOURMAND


almond
ˈɑːmənd
Desmond
ˈdɛzmənd
diamond
ˈdaɪəmənd
Dortmund
ˈdɔːtmənd
dromond
ˈdrɒmənd
Edmund
ˈɛdmənd
gormand
ˈɡɔːmənd
Hammond
ˈhæmənd
Helmand
ˈhɛlmənd
Lomond
ˈləʊmənd
Ormonde
ˈɔːmənd
osmund
ˈɒzmənd
Redmond
ˈrɛdmənd
Richmond
ˈrɪtʃmənd
Salmond
ˈsæmənd
Sigismund
ˈsɪɡɪsmənd
Sigmund
ˈsɪɡmənd
towmond
ˈtəʊmənd
unsummoned
ʌnˈsʌmənd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOURMAND

goura
gourami
gourd
gourd-shaped
gourde
gourdiness
gourdlike
gourdy
gourmandise
gourmandism
gourmet
gourmet sex
Gourmont
goustrous
gousty
gout
goutfly
goutily
goutiness

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOURMAND

chain of command
command
confirmand
consumer demand
control command
countermand
demand
excess demand
final demand
high command
in demand
law of supply and demand
market demand
Mobile Command
on demand
remand
reprimand
second-in-command
Strategic Air Command
supply and demand

Synonyms and antonyms of gourmand in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gourmand» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOURMAND

Find out the translation of gourmand to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gourmand from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gourmand» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

美食家
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gourmand
570 millions of speakers

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gourmand
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चटोरा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

النهم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лакомка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gourmand
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেটুক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gourmand
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gourmand
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gourmand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

グルメ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미식가
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gourmand
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tham ăn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நல்ல சுவையான உணவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खवैय्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

obur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ghiottone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

smakosz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ласунка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Gourmand
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

καλοφαγάς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Gourmand
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gourmand
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gourmand
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gourmand

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOURMAND»

The term «gourmand» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.653 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GOURMAND» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gourmand

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2 QUOTES WITH «GOURMAND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gourmand.
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E. F. Benson
The greedy man is he who habitually eats too much, knowing that he is injuring his bodily health thereby, and this is a vice to which not the gourmet but the gourmand is a slave.
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Eric Schlosser
I really like hamburgers and French fries, and I don't consider myself some kind of gourmand.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOURMAND»

Discover the use of gourmand in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gourmand and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Junk Foodie: 51 Delicious Recipes for the Lowbrow Gourmand
Voila—Truffled Berry Praline Purses! Passing off a snack attack as fine food is as easy as a trip to the corner convenience store with the wildly imaginative culinary creations in Junk Foodie.
Emilie Baltz, 2010
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Pickled: From curing lemons to fermenting cabbage, the ...
Pickled features a range of accessible techniques, as well as recipes that highlight your favorite tastes, including: Pickled Figs Asian Chopped Salad with Crispy Noodles and Kimchi Green Coriander Chutney Watermelon Cosmo With helpful ...
Kelly Carrolata, 2012
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The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand
For more than twenty years, he has also been writing some of the best essays on food around, now collected in a volume that caused the Santa Fe New Mexican to exclaim: "To read this book is to come away convinced that Harrison is a flat-out ...
Jim Harrison, 2007
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The Paris Cookbook
You may not be able to visit Paris, but this book will bring its many charms home to your table.
Patricia Wells, 2001
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The American Quarterly Review
S'il faut," says the author of the Almanack des Gourmands, " en croire le Dictionaire de VAcadémie, Gourmand est synonyme de Glouton et de Goulu, et Gourmandise l'est de Gloutonnerie.] Il nous semble que cette definition n'est point ...
Robert Walsh, 1827
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Stuff Parisians Like: Discovering the Quoi in the Je Ne Sais ...
Le. Café. Gourmand. Some questions define countries. Fromage ou dessert? once defined France. But France has changed, making this beautiful question obsolete, and the choice at the end of a meal even easier. For that question has ...
Olivier Magny, 2011
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Garner's Modern American Usage
See get. gourmet; gourmand; epicure. As a noun, gourmet now means “a connoisseur of food and drink,” although it originally referred more specifically to a connoisseur ofwine. Gourmet (/goor-may/ or /goormay/) shares with gourmand  ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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Dishing It Out: In Search of the Restaurant Experience
But the little rules contribute to the performance of the big rules – being a good host, being a good guest, being a good confrère or gourmand – which themselves involve not just obeying certain principles and regulations but also creating ...
Robert Appelbaum, 2011
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Get-Real Vegan Desserts: Vegan Recipes for the Rest of Us: ...
THE. TRAVELING. GOURMAND. SERIES. 1 The Gluten-Free Way: My Way, by William Maltese & Adrienne Z Milligan 2 Back of the Boat Gourmet Cooking: Afloat—Pool-Side— Backyard, by Bonnie Clark & William Maltese 3 William Maltese's ...
William Maltese, Christina-Marie Wright, 2013
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Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Gourmand and Gourmet (Fr.). The gourmand is ono whose chief pleasure is eating ; but a gourmet is a connoisseur of food and wines. The gourmand regards quantity more than quality, the gourmet quality more than quantity. See Apicius.
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOURMAND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gourmand is used in the context of the following news items.
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El Chapo Escapes Again
(I also couldn't help noticing that while Chapo, who is a bit of a gourmand, may have spurred other inmates to swear off food, he was not ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
2
Gustavo Arellano on L.A.'s Long War Against People Eating Tasty …
Whether you're a gourmand or a grubber, what's being eaten here by kids and workers today will show up in Topeka in a couple of years. Hey ... «Reason, Jul 15»
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Tip Sheet and It's a Date: Week of July 13
Club Gourmand meets at 6:30 p.m. at a downtown restaurant. Free to join, but you pay the cost of your meal and drinks. To reserve, call ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
4
SDCC2015: First Look At Sanjay And Craig Episode Featuring …
... “Snake Parts Unknown,” featuring celebrity guest star Anthony Bourdain as Anthony Gourmand, who resembles Bourdain by no coincidence. «Toon Zone, Jul 15»
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WBO head both a chef, gourmand
Tony said the man is both a good chef and a gourmand. If the subject is food, Paco said he could talk all night. But boxing? He is tired of the ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
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Five Must-Have Vegetarian Dishes In India
First up, we spoke to Nikhil Merchant, a restaurateur, food journo and gourmand-turned-gastronome who blogs over at Nonchalant Gourmand; ... «Huffington Post India, Jul 15»
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The Best Places to Eat in Cape Town, South Africa
There are two tasting menus to choose from: the five-course "Discovery" menu, and a nine-course "Gourmand" option, both of which can be ... «Condé Nast Traveler, Jul 15»
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Inclusive Brisbane cafe Australia's best small social enterprise
It was recently listed as one of the top breakfast spots in Brisbane by Gourmand and Gourmet. Like many small businesses, it's the staff behind ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
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Fete Bastille Day in New York City
Let's be honest, I'm lured by the French cuisine in true gourmand fashion! My mouth is already watering at the thought of a savory crepe of ... «FranceToday.com, Jul 15»
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Syfy Cuts Jared Fogle From 'Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!'
... and tabloid talk show host Jerry Springer, Kim Kardashian sex tape co-star Ray J and drunken floor-hamburger gourmand David Hasselhoff. «AdAge.com, Jul 15»

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