tourtière

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tourtière

/tʊɚˈtjɛɚ/
/toɹ-/

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From Canadian French tourtière, from a cooking vessel of the same name, from French tourte (“meat pie”). There is a common false etymology that it derives from the alternative meaning tourte (“passenger pigeon”).

noun tourtières · tortiere · tourtiere

Canada, Quebec, countable, uncountable A type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie, usually made with pork. Last December, I called my mother to get her recipe for tourtière, a beloved traditional French-Canadian dish. It would be the meaningful heart of a bundle of gifts I had lovingly gathered to honour a Métis elder I had recently met. To share this recipe for tourtière was to share a piece of my famil

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"tourtière." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tourti%C3%A8re. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"tourtière." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tourti%C3%A8re.

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@misc{tourtie_re_2026,
  title = {tourtière},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tourti%C3%A8re},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}