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fumet¹

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From the French fumet (“aroma”), from Latin fumus (“smoke”). Doublet of fumetto.

noun fumets

  1. countable, uncountable A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet.
  2. countable, uncountable A ragout of partridge and rabbit braised in wine.
  3. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of fumette (“stench or high flavour of meat”).

fumet²

Where it comes from

Compare French fumier dung, Old French femier, from Latin fimum (“dung”). See fewmet.

noun

  1. The excretions of deer, or any Cervidae. 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.

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@misc{fumet_2026,
  title = {fumet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fumet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}