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tortiere

tortiere is the alternative spelling of tourtière.

Meaning of tourtière

Noun

tourtière (countable and uncountable, plural tourtières)

  1. (Canada, Quebec) A type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie, usually made with pork.
    • Last December, I called my mother to get her recipe for tourtière, a beloved traditional French-Canadian dish. It would be the meaningful heart of a bundle of gifts I had lovingly gathered to honour a Métis elder I had recently met. To share this recipe for tourtière was to share a piece of my...2018 November 30, Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, “How a family recipe taught me what’s at stake when Franco-Ontarians lose their roots”, in The Globe and Mail

Forms of tortiere

pluraltortieres

Questions about tortiere

What is tortiere the alternative spelling of?
Tortiere is the alternative spelling of tourtière.

Words near tortiere in the dictionary

  1. torticollis
  2. torticone
  3. torticones
  4. torticonic
  5. tortie
  6. tortiere
  7. tortieres
  8. torties
  9. tortietude
  10. tortile
  11. tortility

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