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- French · derived fromfumet“odour of wine or meat”
- English todayfumette
French fumet (“odour of wine or meat”), from Latin fumus (“smoke”). See fume.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
fumette
Today it means: The unpleasant odour or taste of old game meat. Full definition →
French fumet