foie gras

[ fwah grah; French fwah grah ]

noun

1. the liver of specially fattened geese or ducks, used as a table delicacy, especially in the form of a paste pâté de foie gras.

foie gras

/ fwa ɡrɑ /

noun

1. See pâté de foie gras

Word History and Origins

Origin of foie gras¹

1810–20; < French: literally, fat liver

Example Sentences

A heady froth of duck jus, cream and foie gras suspend a green raviolo stuffed with shredded duck breast, foie gras and truffle — the single most indulgent bite in town right now.

From Washington Post

GREAT VALUEThe Périgord region of France is known for truffles, foie gras and historic castles from the Thirty Years’ War.

From Washington Post

Seared foie gras glides to the table with a soursop compote atop a crisp round of plantain brioche.

From Washington Post

One friend orders venison stuffed with foie gras and covered with cherries, “but was too lazy to touch it.”

From The Daily Beast

The more perfectly the star in question feeds the pre-existing stereotype of foie gras-nibbling limousine liberalism, the better.

From The Daily Beast

My favorite dishes are the foie gras and abolone or any dim sum dish.

From The Daily Beast

They were starting the first and only foie gras farm in the United States.

From The Daily Beast

One day, two guys entered the store with a fresh foie gras in their hands.

From The Daily Beast

Afraid he got poisoned with some foie gras he ate—jolly good tack I call it—I'll have some more, please.

From Project Gutenberg

Bone two dozen larks, season, and put into each a piece of pt de foie gras (truffled).

From Project Gutenberg

Take a dozen larks, bone and stuff them with pt de foie gras, and make them as nearly as possible of the same size and shape.

From Project Gutenberg

Take out the trail, and add to it either three fowl livers or their equivalent in pt de foie gras.

From Project Gutenberg

Lawyer Ball, who had just taken in a delicious bonne bouche of the foie gras, bolted it whole in his surprise.

From Project Gutenberg