foie gras

noun

ˈfwä-ˈgrä 

: the fatted liver of an animal and especially of a goose usually served as a pâté

Examples of foie gras in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Answers include the $78 poulet rôti with foie gras jus, pommes Fifi, and salade verte at Chez Fifi, a ritzy brasserie in an Upper East Side townhouse. —Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026

The favorite was the egg-on-egg one, which had a nice salty-sweet quality; also decent was the fish paste, like a foie gras of the ocean. —John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026

Prices run from €16 for a burrata cheese and tomato bruschetta to €25 for foie gras with bitter marmalade. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026

There are no hulking buffets or elbow-throwing brunch lines either; meals are seated, elegant and made to order, from Maine lobster pasta to seared foie gras and sashimi salads. —Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, fat liver

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for foie gras

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