# gastronomy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡæˈstɹɒnəmi/ · frequency rank #44,802

## Definitions
1. The art of preparing and eating good food.
2. The study of the relationship between food and culture.
3. The cooking of a particular area; cuisine.

## Etymology
From French gastronomie, from Ancient Greek γαστρονομία (gastronomía), from γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) + νόμος (nómos, “knowledge, law”); by surface analysis, gastro- (“cooking”) + -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”).

## Common misspellings (16)
`agstronomy`, `gasrtonomy`, `gasstronomy`, `gastornomy`, `gastrnoomy`, `gastronmoy`, `gastronnomy`, `gastronommy`, `gastronomyy`, `gastronoym`, `gastroonmy`, `gastrronomy`, `gasttronomy`, `gatsronomy`, `ggastronomy`, `gsatronomy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gastronomy