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Gastronomy

Gas-tron′o-my

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.

gastronomie

.]

The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.

Definition 2024

gastronomy

gastronomy

English

An array of food at a Swedish smorgasbord

Noun

gastronomy ‎(usually uncountable, plural gastronomies)

The art of preparing and eating good food.
The study of the relationship between food and culture.

Related terms

gastronome

Translations

study of the relationship between food and culture

Arabic: فَنّ اَلْأَكْل m ‎(fann al-ʾakl)
Basque: gastronomia (eu)
Bulgarian: гастрономия f ‎(gastronomija), кулинария f ‎(kulinarija)
Catalan: gastronomia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 美食學, 美食学 ‎(měishíxué), 烹飪法 (zh), 烹饪法 (zh) ‎(pēngrènfǎ), 美食法 ‎(měishífǎ)
Czech: gastronomie f
Dutch: gastronomie (nl) f
Finnish: gastronomia (fi)
French: gastronomie (fr) f
German: Gastronomie (de) f
Hebrew: גַּסְטְרוֹנוֹמְיָה (he) f ‎(gastronomia)

Hungarian: gasztronómia (hu)
Italian: gastronomia (it) f
Japanese: ガストロノミー ‎(gasutoronomī), 美食学 ‎(びしょくがく, bishokugaku), 美食術 ‎(びしょくじゅつ, bishokujutsu)
Portuguese: gastronomia (pt) f
Romanian: gastronomie (ro) f
Russian: гастроно́мия (ru) f ‎(gastronómija), кулинари́я (ru) f ‎(kulinaríja)
Spanish: gastronomía (es) f
Swedish: gastronomi (sv)
Vietnamese: ẩm thực (vi), liệu lí học

See also

cooking