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tourtière

or tour·tiere

[ toor-tyair ]

noun

  1. a Canadian, especially French Canadian, pastry-covered pie containing minced pork or other chopped meat and various chopped vegetables.


tourtière

/ ˌtuːrtɪˈɛə; turtjɛr /

noun

  1. a type of meat pie
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tourtière1

1950–55; < Canadian French; French: plate for tarts, equivalent to tourte tart ( torte ) + -ière, feminine of -ier -ier 2; boutonniere
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tourtière1

from French

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