fumet
English
Etymology 1
From the French fumet (“aroma”), from Latin fumus (“smoke”). Doublet of fumetto.
Noun
fumet (countable and uncountable, plural fumets)
- A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet.
- A ragout of partridge and rabbit braised in wine.
- Alternative form of fumette (“stench or high flavour of meat”)
Etymology 2
Compare French fumier dung, Old French femier, from Latin fimum (“dung”). See fewmet.
Noun
fumet
- The excretions of deer, or any Cervidae.
- 1780, Nicholas Cox, The Huntsman, page 57:
- The next thing to be considered, is the Fumishing ; and this is to be judged of in April or May. If the Fumets be great, large and thick, they signify the Hart to be old.
- 1825, Oliver Goldsmith, A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, volume II, page 187:
- When he cries he is said to bell; the print of his hoof is called the slot; his tail is called the single; his excrement the fumet; his horns are called his head; […]
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References
- fumet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- The Larousse Gastronomique
- Fumet, die.net.
French
Etymology
From fumer + -et.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy.mɛ/
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Noun
fumet m (plural fumets)
- aroma, odor (of meat etc.); bouquet (of wine)
- (hunting) scent
References
- fumet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- The Larousse Gastronomique
- Fumet, die.net.
Further reading
- “fumet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
fūmet
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of fūmō