Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pâté de foie gras

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: pate de -foie -gras
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pâté of fat goose liver; the lowest-grade preparation of foie gras.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As for externals, it may be at once admitted that Messrs. [John Alfred] Gotch and [Hermann] Knackfuss, the architects, have resolutely refused to retain any of the features of the old building. The new palace is entirely in the neo-Gulielmian [of Wilhelm II] style, and is built from end to end of collo-concrete blocks of condensed pâté de foie gras faced with Parian marble."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French pâté de foie gras.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pâtés de foie gras (plural)

Phrases

mousse de foie gras parfait de foie gras

Frequently Paired Words

mousse de foie gras parfait de foie gras

Questions

What does pâté de foie gras mean?: A pâté of fat goose liver; the lowest-grade preparation of foie gras.
Where does pâté de foie gras come from?: Unadapted borrowing from French pâté de foie gras.

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