pâté de foie gras

[ pah-tey duh fwah grah, pa-tey; French pah-tey duh fwa grah ]

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noun

, plural pâ·tés de foie gras [pah-, teyz, d, uh, fwah , grah, pa-, teyz, pah tey d, uh, fwa , grah].

pâté de foie gras

/ pɑte də fwa ɡrɑ /

a smooth rich paste made from the liver of a specially fattened goose, considered a great delicacy

1820–30; < French: goose-liver pâté

French: pâté of fat liver

When he is well his appetite is truly wonderful—nothing comes amiss to him, sir, from pate de foie gras to potatoes.

I suppose you mean that he was too partial to asparagus and pate de foie gras, don't you?

I once went stalking with him, and we had pate-de-foie-gras for luncheon away up on the side of a rugged mountain.

Touraine appears to me like a pate de foie gras, in which one plunges up to the chin; and its wine is delicious.

Mrs. W. M. was attired in an elegant 'pate de foie gras,' made expressly for her, and was greatly admired.

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