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petits pois

[ puh-tee pwa; English pet-ee pwah ]

plural noun

, French.
  1. small green peas.


petits pois

/ pəti pwa /

plural noun

  1. small sweet fresh green peas
“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 petits pois1

French: small peas
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Example Sentences

Ben Elliot Lee ordered petits pois for a shepherd’s pie and got a 12-pack of Petits Filous.

He hired Brian Loiacono, 30, whose experience includes many years at Daniel Boulud’s restaurants, so snails, foie gras, rillettes, steak frites, petits pois, potato-crusted black sea bass and a stunning crown roast of lamb with asparagus are now on the menu.

There are serviceable recipes for petits pois à la Française — spring peas, onions, bacon, lettuce — though I usually change their details to match my habits.

When the choux-fleurs are finished, then come the petits pois, and then the artichauts and other l�gumes in favour with the Paris bon-vivants.

En Petits Pois.—Cut small asparagus in pieces about half an inch long, and blanch them for three minutes.

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