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faire ses choux gras

French, verb/fɛʁ se ʃu ɡʁa/

faire ses choux gras is a French verb meaning “to have a field day” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire son festin d’un plat, de nourriture”.

What does faire ses choux gras mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to have a field day

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Faire son festin d’un plat, de nourriture. 2. Tirer profit.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of faire ses choux gras

  • faire les choux gras

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce faire ses choux gras?

  • /fɛʁ se ʃu ɡʁa/
  • /fɛʁ se ʃu ɡʁɑ/
  • \fɛʁ se ʃu ɡʁɑ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.