tourte

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuʁt/

Etymology 1

From tourte (also spelled tourtre), from Old French, from Latin turtur (“turtle, turtledove”). See tourterelle.

Noun

tourte f (plural tourtes)

1. (Quebec) passenger pigeon (compare tourte voyageuse, colombe voyageuse, Ectopistes migratorius, pigeon migrateur, Ectopistes migratorius)
2. (Louisiana) dove

Related terms

• tourterelle, tourtereau

Etymology 2

From Old French tourte, from Late Latin torta (possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate root *turta; compare Spanish torta, Romanian turtă, Romansch turta, Sardinian turta), from torta (“twisted”) panis (“bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus (“twisted, folded over”). Cognate to Spanish torta.

Noun

tourte f (plural tourtes)

1. meat pie

   Synonyms: pâté à la viande, (Quebec) tourtière

Derived terms

• tarte
• tourtière

Related terms

• tordre

Anagrams

• tortue

Further reading

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