tourtière

== English == === Alternative forms === tortiere, tourtiere === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʊɚˈtjɛɚ/, /toɹ-/ === Noun === tourtière (countable and uncountable, plural tourtières) (Canada, chiefly Quebec) A type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie, usually made with pork. === References === === Further reading === tourtière on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === From tourte +‎ -ière. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuʁ.tjɛʁ/ === Noun === tourtière f (plural tourtières) piedish (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): pâté à la viande tourte ==== Related terms ==== tourte === Further reading === “tourtière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012