tourtière
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See also: tourtiere
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Canadian French tourtière, from a cooking vessel of the same name, from French tourte (“meat pie”). There is a common false etymology that it derives from the alternative meaning tourte (“passenger pigeon”).[1][2]
Noun[edit]
tourtière (plural tourtières)
References[edit]
- ^ “Tourtière”, in Cook's Info, 12 March 2010, retrieved 11 September 2012
- ^ Casselman, William G (accessed 10 November 2012), “Tourtiere & Omelette: Foods Named After Their Cooking Utensils”, in Bill Casselman's Canadian Word of the Day
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
tourtière f (plural tourtières)
- (Canada, Quebec, food) tourtière, a type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie. Synonym of tourtière du Lac-St-Jean
- (Quebec, food) meat pie
Synonyms[edit]
(tourtière du Lac-St-Jean):
- tourtière du lac Saint-Jean (European French, Quebec French)
- pâté à la viande du Lac-St-Jean
(meat pie):
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tourtière” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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- English nouns
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