tourtière
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)
References
- ^ “Tourtière”, in Cook's Info[1], 2010 March 12, retrieved 11 September 2012
- ^ Casselman, William G (2012 November 10 (last accessed)) “Tourtiere & Omelette: Foods Named After Their Cooking Utensils”, in “Archived copy”, in Bill Casselman's Canadian Word of the Day[2], archived from the original on 29 January 2013
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
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
(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
Further reading
- “tourtière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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