- A lover of good food.
- A gluttonous eater. See Usage Note at gourmet.
[Middle English gourmant, glutton, from Old French gormant.]
gourmand
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gour·mand (gʊr-mänd', gʊr'mənd)  |
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[goor-MAHND] A gourmand is one who appreciates fine food . . . Often to indiscriminate excess. See also epicure; gastronome; glutton; gourmet.
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IN BRIEF: A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.
To become a gourmand, you must taste food from the very finest restaurants.
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A gourmand is a person who takes great pleasure in food. The word has different connotations from the similar word gourmet, which emphasises an individual with a highly refined discerning palate, but in practice the two terms are closely linked, as both imply the enjoyment of good food.
An older usage of the word is to describe a person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink, synonymous with "glutton".
In this latter usage, there is a parallel concern among the French that their word for the appreciation of gourmet cuisine (gourmandise) is historically included in the French Catholic list of the Seven Deadly Sins. With the evolution in the meaning of gourmand (and gourmandise) away from gluttony, towards the appreciation of good food, French culinary proponents are advocating that the Catholic Church update the infamous list to refer to "gloutonnerie" rather than "gourmandise".
The Ligue des Gourmands was founded by Auguste Escoffier in 1912. The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards were created by Edouard Cointreau in 1995.
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Nederlands (Dutch)
smulpaap, gulzig(aard)
Français (French)
n. - gourmand
Deutsch (German)
n. - Schlemmer, Feinschmecker
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λαίμαργος, (καλο)φαγάς
Português (Portuguese)
n. - comilão (m)
Русский (Russian)
любитель поесть, обжорливый
Español (Spanish)
n. - goloso, glotón
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - storätare
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
饕餮者, 美食者
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 饕餮者, 美食者
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大食漢, 食い道楽, 美食家
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) النهم, الشره
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - זוללן, אנין טעם
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