tourtière

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See also: tourtiere

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Canadian French tourtière, from a cooking vessel of the same name, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French tourte (“meat pie”). There is a common false etymology that it derives from the alternative meaning tourte (“passenger pigeon”).[1][2]

Noun

tourtière (plural tourtières)

  1. (Canada, chiefly Quebec) A type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie, usually made with pork.

References

  1. ^ “Tourtière”, in Cook's Info‎[1], 2010 March 12, retrieved 11 September 2012
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French

Etymology

tourte +‎ -ière

Pronunciation

Noun

tourtière f (plural tourtières)

  1. (Canada, Quebec, food) tourtière, a type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie. Synonym of tourtière du Lac-St-Jean
  2. (Quebec, food) meat pie

Synonyms

(tourtière du Lac-St-Jean):

(meat pie):

Further reading

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