foie gras

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foie gras

  • /ˌfwɑː ˈɡɹɑː/ UK
  • /ˌfwɑ ˈɡɹɑ/ US

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

noun foies gras

  1. countable, uncountable The fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking. 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.

    Similar: foie

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noun fattened liver of geese or ducks

Españolfoie gras, fuagrás
한국어푸아그라 puageura
日本語フォアグラ foagura, フォワグラ fowagura
中文肥鵝肝 /肥鹅肝 féi'égān, 鵝肝 /鹅肝 égān, 肥鴨肝 /肥鸭肝 féiyāgān, 鴨肝 /鸭肝 yāgān, 肥肝 féigān
Portuguêsfoie gras
Françaisfoie gras
DeutschStopfleber, Foie gras, Gänsestopfleber, Entenstopfleber
Italianofoie gras, fegato grasso
Ελληνικάφουά γκρα fouá gkra
Русскийфуа̀-гра́ fuà-grá
Tiếng Việtgan ngỗng béo, gan béo, gan ngỗng vỗ béo
العربيةكَبِد دَسَم kabid dasam, فُوَا غْرَا fuwā ḡrā, كَبِد إِوَزّ kabid ʔiwazz, كَبِد بَطّ kabid baṭṭ
עבריתכָּבֵד אַוָּז kavéd aváz, פוּאָה גְרָא fu'á gra

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@misc{foie_gras_2026,
  title = {foie gras},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foie%20gras},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}