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potager

/ˈpɒtaʒeɪ/ UK
/ˈpɒtədʒə/ UK

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From Middle English potager, from Middle French potager, from potage. The pronunciation is sometimes altered to imitate the pronunciation of French potager.

noun potagers

A kitchen garden; sometimes used attributively. while he could not get into it until he obtained the keys from Bechet the notary, he had a picnic or two in the dilapidated garden and the herb potager, now run hopelessly to seed and weed.
obsolete A porringer. An INDIAN DISH or Potager. Made alſo of the Barque of a Tree, with the Sides and Rim ſewed together after the manner of Twiggen-Work.

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@misc{potager_2026,
  title = {potager},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/potager},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}