Parmentier

American  

[pahr-men-tyey, par-mahn-tyey] / ˌpɑr mɛnˈtyeɪ, par mɑ̃ˈtyeɪ /

French Parmentière

adjective

(sometimes lowercase)

1. (of food) prepared or served with potatoes.

   potage Parmentier.

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Parmentier British  

/ ˈpɑːmənˌtjeɪ, parmɑ̃tje /

adjective

1. (of soups, etc) containing or garnished with potatoes

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Etymology

Origin of Parmentier

1905–10; named after A. A. Parmentier (1737–1813), French promoter of economic botany

Example Sentences

"It's a planet that shouldn't exist," study co-author Vivien Parmentier, a researcher at the Observatory of Côte d'Azur in Nice, France, said in the same statement.

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2023

It's Hachis Parmentier, a dish of mince and mashed potato - sometimes likened to a shepherd's pie.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2022

In 2016, Eric Parmentier, Dr. Bolgan’s supervisor at the University of Liege, recorded cusk-eels growling in fiberglass tanks after sunset.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2020

Madison Keys and Frances Tiafoe are the two home hopes in action on the main showcourts, with 14th seed Keys playing France’s Pauline Parmentier in the last match on Arthur Ashe.

From Reuters • Aug. 27, 2018

Parmentier could have called out any number and it wouldn’t have mattered, it wouldn’t have created any impact at all.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier