potager
English
Etymology
From Middle English pottager, from Middle French potager, from potage. The pronunciation is sometimes altered to imitate the pronunciation of French potager.
Pronunciation
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Noun
potager (plural potagers)
- A kitchen garden; sometimes used attributively.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 398:
- while he could not get into it until he obtained the keys from Bechet the notary, he had a picnic or two in the dilapidated garden and the herb potager, now run hopelessly to seed and weed.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 398:
- (obsolete) A porringer.
- 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis: Or, A Catalogue and Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and preſerved at Greſham Colledge, page 372,
- An INDIAN DISH or Potager. Made alſo of the Barque of a Tree, with the Sides and Rim ſewed together after the manner of Twiggen-Work.
- 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis: Or, A Catalogue and Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and preſerved at Greſham Colledge, page 372,
Translations
kitchen garden
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
potager (feminine potagère, masculine plural potagers, feminine plural potagères)
Noun
potager m (plural potagers)
- potager garden
- a type of obsolete stone oven; a warming oven
Related terms
Further reading
- “potager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French potager; equivalent to potage + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
potager (plural potagers)
- A dish for soups and puddings; a porringer.
- A cook who handles vegetables or soups.
Descendants
References
- “potāǧer (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-22.
- “potāǧer(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-22.
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