gastronome
English
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from French gastronome.
Noun
    
gastronome (plural gastronomes)
- a lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet
-  1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], 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.
 
 - Synonyms: gastronomist, gastronomer
 
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Related terms
    
Translations
    
gourmet — see gourmet
Anagrams
    
French
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɡas.tʁɔ.nɔm/
- Audio - (file) 
- Homophone: gastronomes
Further reading
    
- “gastronome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈstrɔ.no.me/
- Rhymes: -ɔnome
- Hyphenation: ga‧strò‧no‧me
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