foie

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

foie

from the late Latin ficatum (fattened goose liver fed on figs) then, by extension of meaning "liver", derived from ficus ("fig"). Calque of the ancient Greek συκωτόν sukôtón ("fattened on figs"), derived from σῦκον sûkon ("fig"). This word has supplanted the classical term jecur ("liver") in late Latin, as evidenced by all the Romance languages.

Definitions

anat
cuisine

Plural

foies

Translations

  • germangerman:Leber
  • englishenglish:liver
  • arabicarabic:كبد
  • chinesechinese:肝脏
  • koreankorean:
  • danishdanish:lever
  • spanishspanish:hígado
  • finnishfinnish:maksa
  • greekgreek:ήπαρ
  • hebrewhebrew:כבד
  • italianitalian:fegato
  • japanesejapanese:
  • dutchdutch:lever
  • polishpolish:wątroba
  • portugueseportuguese:fígado
  • russianrussian:печень
  • swedishswedish:lever
  • turkishturkish:karaciğer
  • ukrainianukrainian:печінка

See also

foassier (cn.) hépatite (cn.) hépatisme (cn.)