tourtière

See also: tourtiere

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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, 12 March 2010, retrieved 11 September 2012
  2. Casselman, William G (accessed 10 November 2012), “Tourtiere & Omelette: Foods Named After Their Cooking Utensils”, in Bill Casselman's Canadian Word of the Day, archived from the original on 29 January 2013

French

Etymology

tourte +‎ -ière

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tuʁ.tjɛʁ/

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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