foie gras

1. 1.

   a pate made from goose liver (marinated in Cognac) and truffles

   Synonymspate de foie gras

   Broaderpate

Questions about foie gras

What does foie gras mean?

foie gras means "a pate made from goose liver (marinated in Cognac) and truffles".

What is another word for foie gras?

Close synonyms include pate de foie gras. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is foie gras a common word?

foie gras is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.