poutine

See also: Poutine

English

Poutine

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  (Quebec (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French), ultimate origin unclear.

Noun

poutine (countable and uncountable, plural poutines)

1. (Canada) A dish consisting of french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy, eaten primarily in Canada

   Jean made an eight-hour trip across the border into Quebec just to satisfy his craving for poutine.

2. (Canada) Any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish.

   In Italian poutine, gravy is replaced with spaghetti sauce.

Derived terms

• Italian poutine
• onion ring poutine
• pizza poutine
• poutine pizza

 

Related terms

• poutinerie

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French

Poutine, the Quebecois patates frites based dish

Etymology

Attested from 1810. First used to refer to modern Québécois dish in 1982, possibly in reference to the sense of 'mess'. Ultimate origin unknown, culinary senses potentially influenced by English pudding. Possible cognate in Michif poutchine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.tin/
• IPA^(key): [pu.t͡sɪn]

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Noun

poutine f (plural poutines)

1. (Quebec) poutine
2. (Acadia) any of several potato-based dishes
3. (Louisiana) dumpling
4. (Louisiana) bread pudding, pudding
5. (Quebec, obsolete) any of several pudding-like desserts
6. (Quebec, obsolete) a messy situation or complicated thing; a quagmire
7. (Quebec, obsolete) a fat woman

Derived terms

• poutine rapée
• poutine à trou
• poutine italienne
• poutinerie

Related terms

• galvaude

See also

(Quebecois PDT frites based dish):

• Poutine (plat) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• Template:commonscatlite

Further reading

• “poutine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• pointue, utopien