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Definition: Gastronomy |
GastronomyNoun1. A particular style of cookery (as of a region). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gastronomy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Gluttony | Good cheer, blow out; feast; (food); gastronomy, batterie de cuisine. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Gastronomy |
| English words defined with "gastronomy": gastronomic, gastronomical. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Switzerland | The Swiss also publish an extensive range of periodicals, trade magazines and special interest magazines such as travel, gastronomy, medicine, environment, and hobbies. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Gastronomy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gastronomy" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gastronomy | 131 |
gastronomy tuscany | 8 |
french gastronomy | 7 |
gastronomy mexican | 6 |
gastronomy restaurant | 4 |
gastronomy utah | 3 |
gastronomy inc | 2 |
gastronomy sign | 2 |
gastronomy portuguese | 2 |
gastronomy tube | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gastronomy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | gastronom (gastronome, gastronomer, gastronomist). (various references) | |
Arabic | فن حسن الأكل, علم حسن الأكل. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | кулинарно изкуство (cuisine), гастрономия. (various references) | |
Czech | gurmanderie, gastronomie. (various references) | |
Danish | madlavningskonkurrence (gastronomy competition). (various references) | |
Dutch | gastronomieconcours (gastronomy competition). (various references) | |
French | gastronomie. (various references) | |
German | gastronomie (catering, catering trade). (various references) | |
Greek | καλοφαγία, γαστρονομία. (various references) | |
Hebrew | 'סטרו ומי". (various references) | |
Hungarian | konyhaművészet, gasztronómia. (various references) | |
Italian | gastronomia (cookery, cooking). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ガザ地区 (aluminum-foil burner liner, foreign worker, gadget, gadget bag, gas, gas bomb, gas chromatography, gas mask, gas station, gas turbine, gasket, gastrocamera, gastronomic, gastronomist, Gaza Strip). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ガストロノミー . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | astronomygay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gastrónomo (epicurean, gastronomer, gastronomic). (various references) | |
Romanian | gastronomie (cookery). (various references) | |
Russian | кулинария (cookery). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | gastronomija. (various references) | |
Spanish | gastronomía, tienda (boutique, forum, gourmet, lieu, shop, store, tent). (various references) | |
Swedish | gastronomi. (various references) | |
Thai | ศาสตร์การทำอาหาร. (various references) | |
Turkish | gastronomi, yemek sanatı, mutfak (cuisine, kitchen). (various references) | |
Ukranian | кулінарія (cookery), гастрономія. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự s nh ăn, nghệ thuật ăn ngon. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Gastronomy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: castronery, Gastronom. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gastronomy" (pronounced gastrÄ"numē) |
| 8 | -s t r Ä" n u m ē | astronomy. |
| 5 | -Ä" n u m ē | autonomy, economy. |
| 4 | -n u m ē | anomie, Archenemy, enemy. |
| 3 | -u m ē | academy, alchemy, anatomy, appendectomy, blasphemy, dichotomy, epitome, hysterectomies, hysterectomy, infamy, keratotomy, lumpectomy, mastectomy, monogamy, polygamy, prostatectomy, sesame, sodomy, tonsillectomy, vasectomy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-m-n-o-o-r-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: astronomy. | |
-2 letters: agronomy, angstrom, sonogram, stramony. | |
-3 letters: amongst, aroynts, gymnast, maroons, masonry, matrons, morgans, ratoons, romanos, transom, trogons. | |
-4 letters: agorot, argons, argosy, argots, aroynt, astony, gantry, gators, grants, groans, groats, grooms, gyrons, magots, mangos, manors, maroon, matron, mayors, mongos, mongst, morays, morgan, morons, motors, notary, oogamy, orangs, orangy, organs, orgasm, ostomy, ramson, ransom, ratoon, rayons, romano, romans, sarong, smarty, snooty, stormy, strang, stroma, strong, tangos, tomans, tongas, toyons, trogon, tronas. | |
-5 letters: agons, agony, among, amort, angry, angst, anomy, antsy, argon, argot, arson, artsy, atoms, atomy, atony, gator, gnars, gnats, goats, goons, goony, goosy, gorsy, grams, grans, grant, grays, groan, groat, groom, grots, gyron, gyros, magot, mango, mangy, manor, manos, marts, mason, mayor, mayos, mayst, moans, moats, monas, mongo, monos, moons, moony, moors, moory, moots, moras, moray, morns, moron, morts, motor, mynas, nasty, nomas, nomos, norms, ogams, orang, organ, rangy, rants, ratos, rayon, roams, roans, roast, roman, rooms, roomy, roost, roots, rooty, rotas, rotos, ryots, santo, satyr, smart, snoot, snort, sonar, sooty, sorgo, stagy, stang, stogy, stoma, stony, storm, story, stray, stroy, tango, tangs, tangy, tansy, tarns, taros, togas, toman, tonga, tongs, toons, toras, toros, torso, toyon, toyos, trams, trans, trays, trona, troys, tryma, tyros, yangs, yarns, yogas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-m-n-o-o-r-s-t-y" | |
+5 letters: gastronomically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 61 73 74 72 6F 6E 6F 6D 79 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .- ... - .-. --- -. --- -- -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01110011 01110100 01110010 01101111 01101110 01101111 01101101 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a s t r o n o m y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 0073 0074 0072 006F 006E 006F 006D 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41678586848180817991 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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