tourtière
or tour·tiere
[ toor-tyair ]
noun
a Canadian, especially French Canadian, pastry-covered pie containing minced pork or other chopped meat and various chopped vegetables.
Origin of tourtière
11950–55; <Canadian French; French: plate for tarts, equivalent to tourte tart (see torte) + -ière, feminine of -ier-ier2; see boutonniere
Words Nearby tourtière
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British Dictionary definitions for tourtière
tourtière
/ (ˌtuːrtɪˈɛə, French turtjɛr) /
noun
Canadian a type of meat pie
Origin of tourtière
1from French
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