Phrase guide

foie gras

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌfwɑː ˈɡɹɑː/
  • US: /ˌfwɑ ˈɡɹɑ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pate de foie gras

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pate

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French foie gras (literally “fat liver”).

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كبد دسم — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Arabic: فْوَا غْرَا (fwā ḡrā) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Arabic: كبد الأوز — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Arabic: كبد البط — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Arabic: فْوَا جْرَا (fwā grā) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Catalan: foie gras — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Chinese Cantonese: 肥肝 (fei4 gon1) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鵝肥肝 /鹅肥肝 (ngo4 fei4 gon1) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鵝肝 /鹅肝 (ngo4 gon1) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肥鵝肝 /肥鹅肝 (féi'égān) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鵝肝 /鹅肝 (égān) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肥鴨肝 /肥鸭肝 (féiyāgān) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鴨肝 /鸭肝 (yāgān) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肥肝 (féigān) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Dutch: foie gras — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Dutch: ganzenlever — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Dutch: eendenlever — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Esperanto: fuagraso — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Esperanto: grashepataĵo — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Estonian: hanemaksa — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Finnish: hanhenmaksa — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • French: foie gras — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Georgian: ფუა-გრა (pua-gra) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • German: Stopfleber — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • German: Foie gras — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • German: Gänsestopfleber — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • German: Entenstopfleber — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Greek: φουά γκρα (fouá gkra) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Ancient Greek: χήνεια ἥπατα (khḗneia hḗpata) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Hebrew: כָּבֵד אַוָּז (kå̄ḇēḏ ʾawwå̄z) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Hebrew: פואה גרא — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Hungarian: libamáj — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Italian: foie gras — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Italian: fegato grasso — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Japanese: フォアグラ (foagura) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Japanese: フォワグラ (fowagura) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Korean: 푸아그라 (puageura) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Lao: ຟົວກາ (fūa kā) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Latin: fīcātum — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Limburgish: vètslaever — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Lithuanian: žąsų arba ančių kepenėlių paštetas — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Lithuanian: žąsų kepenėlių paštetas — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Malayalam: കൊഴുപ്പിച്ച കരൾ (koḻuppicca karaḷ) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Norwegian: gåselever — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Occitan: fetge gras — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Occitan: hetge gras — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Occitan: hitge gras — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Persian: جگر چرب (jegar čarb) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Polish: pasztet strasburski — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Polish: foie gras — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Portuguese: foie gras — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Russian: фуа̀-гра́ (fuà-grá) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Spanish: foie gras — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Spanish: fuagrás — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Swedish: foie gras — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Swedish: gåslever — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Swedish: anklever — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Thai: ฟัวกรา (fuua-graa) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Turkish: kaz ciğeri — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Ukrainian: фуа̀-гра́ (fuà-hrá) — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Vietnamese: gan ngỗng béo — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Vietnamese: gan béo — fattened liver of geese or ducks
  • Vietnamese: gan ngỗng vỗ béo — fattened liver of geese or ducks