meat; food; an object of sexual desire; a piece of meat
“À voir les enfers dont le monde est peuplé, que voulez-vous que je pense de votre joli enfer, vous qui ne reposez que sur des étoffes aussi douces que votre peau, qui ne mangez que de la viande cuite, et pour qui un domestique habile prend soin de découper les morceaux ?” — Seeing the hells with which the world abounds, what do you expect me to think of your pretty little hell, you who lie on stuffs as soft as your own skin, who eat only cooked meat carefully cut for you by a skilled servant?
Synonyms: barbaque, bidoche
Inherited from Old French viande, from Vulgar Latin *vīvanda, alteration of Latin vīvenda, from the neuter plural form of vīvendus, from vīvere (“to live”). Compare English viand, Italian vivanda, Portuguese vivenda, Spanish vivienda.