# gourmet

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɡʊɹˈmeɪ/ · frequency rank #18,090

## Definitions
1. Fine; of superior quality.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French gourmet, from Middle French gourmet, from Old French groumet (“wine broker, valet in charge of wines, servant”) from groume, grommes (“wine-taster, manservant”), apparently from Middle English grom, grome (“boy, valet, servant”), from Old English *grōm (“male child, boy, youth”), akin to Old English grōwan (“to grow”). Cognate of Spanish grumete and Catalan grumet. More at groom.

## Common misspellings (10)
`ggourmet`, `gorumet`, `goumret`, `gouremt`, `gourmett`, `gourmmet`, `gourmte`, `gourrmet`, `guormet`, `ogurmet`

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