gourmet
/ɡʊɹˈmeɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.36 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "We need to go to the gourmet grocery store to get the exotic ingredients for this recipe."
- "The restaurant offered gourmet coffee and cigars after the meal."
- "[On the coffee] Mmm! God damn, Jimmie! This is some serious gourmet shit!"
- "The vulvae of the sow were popular as a gourmet's dish. Credited with erotic effects."
Etymology
Borrowed from French gourmet, from Middle French gourmet, from Old French groumet (“wine broker, valet in charge of wines, servant”) from groume, grommes (“wine-taster, manservant”), apparently from Middle English grom, grome (“boy, valet, servant”), from Old English *grōm (“male child, boy, youth”), akin to Old English grōwan (“to grow”). Cognate of Spanish grumete and Catalan grumet. More at groom.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡʊɹˈmeɪ/
- British English: /ˈɡʊəmeɪ/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
gourmet pizza
haute cuisine