gras

gras · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Part of the term "Mardi Gras" (Fat Tuesday), the carnival celebration before Lent.

  2. 2.

    Part of "foie gras," a luxury French food made from fattened duck or goose liver.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    Mardi Gras — Fat Tuesday, the carnival day before Lent
  • •
    foie gras — fattened liver, a French delicacy

Related words

See also: carnival, festival

Etymology

From French gras ("fat"), from Latin crassus ("fat, thick"). Used in English primarily in borrowed French phrases.