Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fumet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fumet
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A ragout of partridge and rabbit braised in wine.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of fumette (“stench or high flavour of meat”).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The excretions of deer, or any Cervidae.

Example Sentences

"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."
"When he cries he is said to bell; the print of his hoof is called the slot; his tail is called the single; his excrement the fumet; his horns are called his head; […]"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: fumet, fumus

Usage

Inflected Forms

fumets (plural)

Questions

What does fumet mean?: A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet.
Where does fumet come from?: It is traced to French.

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