fumet

American  

[fyoo-mit] / ˈfyu mɪt /

Also fumette

noun

1. a stock made by simmering fish, chicken, game, etc., in water, wine, or in both, often boiled down to concentrate the flavor and used as a flavoring.

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fumet ¹ British  

/ fjuːˈmɛt /

noun

1. a strong-flavoured liquor from cooking fish, meat, or game: used to flavour sauces

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fumet ² British  

/ ˈfjuːmət /

noun

1. archaic (often plural) the dropping of a deer

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Etymology

Origin of fumet

1715–25; < French: fumes, odor of wine or meat, derivative of Middle French fumer to smoke, expose to fumes

Example Sentences

A verdant fish fumet for Manila clams starts with simmered fish bones.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2017

Morbleu! d'un fumet admirable Sentez plutôt, Quel baume!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various

There rises from his pages fumet of game and the bouquet d'un vin exquis.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various

Noisettes de Ris de Veau au fumet de Champignons.

From The Gourmet's Guide to Europe by Newnham-Davis, Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel)

The ragouts looked as if they had been once eaten and half digested: the fricassees were involved in a nasty yellow poultice: and the rotis were scorched and stinking, for the honour of the fumet.

From The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Smollett, T. (Tobias)