tourte

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuʁt/

Etymology 1

From tourte (also spelled tourtre), from Latin turtur (“turtle, turtledove”).

Noun

tourte f (plural tourtes)

  1. (Quebec) passenger pigeon (compare tourte voyageuse, colombe voyageuse, Ectopistes migratorius, pigeon migrateur, Ectopistes migratorius)
  2. (Louisiana) dove

Etymology 2

From Old French tourte, from Late Latin torta (possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate root *turta; compare Spanish torta, Romanian turtă, Romansh turta, Sardinian turta), from torta (“twisted”) panis (“bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus (“twisted, folded over”). Cognate to Spanish torta.

Noun

tourte f (plural tourtes)

  1. meat pie
    Synonyms: pâté à la viande, tourtière (Quebec)
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