Poutine

See also: poutine

French

Etymology

From Russian Пу́тин (Pútin). A standard transliteration would give Putin, however this would be a homophone of putain, meaning "whore". Hence the deliberately nonstandard transliteration.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pu.tin/
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Proper noun

Poutine

Putin. A transliteration of the Russian surname Путин (Putin).

Anagrams

pointue, utopien

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