noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rhymes with -ɒnəmi
CMU ARPABET:G AE0 S T R AA1 N AH0 M IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The art of preparing and eating good food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The study of the relationship between food and culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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3
noun
Meaning 3
The cooking of a particular area; cuisine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
The gastronomy of Mexico is world-famous.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: art, artistic creation, artistic production
5
noun
Meaning 5
a particular style of cookery (as of a region)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
New England gastronomy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cuisine, culinary art
History
Etymology
From French gastronomie, from Ancient Greek γαστρονομία (gastronomía), from γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) + νόμος (nómos, “knowledge, law”); by surface analysis, gastro- (“cooking”) + -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”).
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
فَنّ اَلْأَكْل
(fann al-ʔakl)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Basque:
gastronomia
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Belarusian:
гастрано́мія
(hastranómija)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Belarusian:
кулінарыя
(kulinaryja)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Bulgarian:
гастрономия
(gastronomija)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Bulgarian:
кулинария
(kulinarija)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Catalan:
gastronomia
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Chinese Mandarin:
美食學 /美食学
(měishíxué)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Chinese Mandarin:
烹飪法 /烹饪法
(pēngrènfǎ)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Chinese Mandarin:
美食法
(měishífǎ)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Czech:
gastronomie
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Dutch:
gastronomie
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Esperanto:
gastronomio
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Finnish:
gastronomia
— study of the relationship between food and culture
French:
gastronomie
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Galician:
gastronomía
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Georgian:
გასტრონომია
(gasṭronomia)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Georgian:
კულინარია
(ḳulinaria)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
German:
Gastronomie
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Hebrew:
גַּסְטְרוֹנוֹמְיָה
(gastronomia)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Hungarian:
gasztronómia
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Ido:
gastronomio
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Italian:
gastronomia
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Japanese:
ガストロノミー
(gasutoronomī)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Japanese:
美食学
(bishokugaku)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Japanese:
美食術
(bishokujutsu)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Latvian:
gastronomija
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Latvian:
kulinārija
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Lithuanian:
gastronomija
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Lithuanian:
kulinarija
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Polish:
gastronomia
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Portuguese:
gastronomia
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Romanian:
gastronomie
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Russian:
гастроно́мия
(gastronómija)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Russian:
кулинари́я
(kulinaríja)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Spanish:
gastronomía
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Swedish:
gastronomi
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Turkish:
gastronomi
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Ukrainian:
гастроно́мія
(hastronómija)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Ukrainian:
кулінарія
(kulinarija)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Vietnamese:
ẩm thực
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Vietnamese:
liệu lí học
— study of the relationship between food and culture
Yiddish:
גאַסטראָנאָמיע
(gastronomye)
— study of the relationship between food and culture
