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gourmand

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡʊə.mənd/
  • UK: /ˈɡʊʁmɑ̃/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ɡɔɹˈmɑnd/
  • US: /ˈɡʊɹ.mɑnd/
  • rhymes with (US) -ɑnd
  • CMU ARPABET: G UH1 R M AA0 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: G AO1 R M AA0 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who appreciates good food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: glutton, gourmandizer, trencherman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eater, feeder

History

Etymology

From Middle English gourmaunt, gormond, gromonde, from Old French gormant (“a glutton”, noun), from gormant (“gluttonous”, adjective), of uncertain origin.

Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: շատակեր (šataker) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Armenian: որկրամոլ (orkramol) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Armenian: բկլատ (bklat) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Bulgarian: лакомник (lakomnik) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Finnish: syömäri — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Finnish: mässäilijä — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Finnish: ahmatti — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • French: glouton — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • French: goulu — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • French: goinfre — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • French: boulimique — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • German: Gourmand — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • German: Schlemmer — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • German: Schlemmerin — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • German: Vielfraß — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • German: Völler — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Greek: φαγάς (fagás) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Greek: κοιλιόδουλος (koiliódoulos) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Ancient Greek: γαστρίμαργος (gastrímargos) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Ancient Greek: τένθης (ténthēs) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Hungarian: hasimádó — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Italian: ghiottone — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Italian: golosone — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Latin: helluō — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Latin: lurcō — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Latin: gluttō — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Macedonian: лакомец (lakomec) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Macedonian: гурман (gurman) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Norwegian Bokmål: storspiser — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fråtser — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Polish: łakomczuch — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Portuguese: gourmand — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Portuguese: comilão — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Portuguese: glutão — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Portuguese: guloso — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Russian: обжо́ра (obžóra) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Spanish: tragaldabas — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Spanish: glotón — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Spanish: comilón — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Spanish: tragón — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Spanish: goloso — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Turkish: obur — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوبور (obur) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Ottoman Turkish: قاشیقجی (kaşıkcı) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Ukrainian: ненаже́ра (nenažéra) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Ukrainian: заже́ра (zažéra) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Ukrainian: жеру́н (žerún) — person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink
  • Armenian: համադամասեր (hamadamaser) — person who appreciates good food
  • Armenian: գուրման (gurman) — person who appreciates good food
  • Bulgarian: чревоугодник (črevougodnik) — person who appreciates good food
  • Erzya: плямсиця (pľamsića) — person who appreciates good food
  • Finnish: herkuttelija — person who appreciates good food
  • Finnish: herkkusuu — person who appreciates good food
  • Finnish: gurmandi — person who appreciates good food
  • French: gourmet — person who appreciates good food
  • French: dégustateur — person who appreciates good food
  • French: gastronome — person who appreciates good food
  • French: gourmand — person who appreciates good food
  • French: gourmande — person who appreciates good food
  • German: Feinschmecker — person who appreciates good food
  • German: Feinschmeckerin — person who appreciates good food
  • German: Gourmet — person who appreciates good food
  • Greek: καλοφαγάς (kalofagás) — person who appreciates good food
  • Ancient Greek: ὀψοφάγος (opsophágos) — person who appreciates good food
  • Italian: buongustaio — person who appreciates good food
  • Latin: liguritor — person who appreciates good food
  • Norman: goudalleux — person who appreciates good food
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gourmet — person who appreciates good food
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gastronom — person who appreciates good food
  • Polish: smakosz — person who appreciates good food
  • Portuguese: gourmand — person who appreciates good food
  • Russian: гурма́н (gurmán) — person who appreciates good food
  • Russian: гастроно́м (gastronóm) — person who appreciates good food
  • Russian: ла́комка (lákomka) — person who appreciates good food
  • Spanish: gastrónomo — person who appreciates good food
  • Spanish: sibarita — person who appreciates good food
  • Spanish: gourmet — person who appreciates good food
  • Spanish: goloso — person who appreciates good food
  • Turkish: gurme — person who appreciates good food
  • Ukrainian: гурма́н (hurmán) — person who appreciates good food
  • Ukrainian: ґурма́н (gurmán) — person who appreciates good food