tourtière
/tʊɚˈtjɛɚ/
tourtière noun: a type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie, usually made with pork.
Noun
tourtière (countable and uncountable, plural tourtières)
- 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 tourtière
| plural | tourtières |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tortiere |
| alternative form | tourtiere |
Origin of tourtière
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”).
Questions about tourtière
- What does tourtière mean?
- Tourtière means a type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie, usually made with pork.
- What part of speech is tourtière?
- Tourtière is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tourtière?
- Tourtière is pronounced /tʊɚˈtjɛɚ/.
- What is the plural of tourtière?
- The plural of tourtière is tourtières.
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