tourtière
or tour·tiere
[ too r-tyair ]
/ tʊərˈtyɛər /
noun
a Canadian, especially French Canadian, pastry-covered pie containing minced pork or other chopped meat and various chopped vegetables.
Origin of tourtière
1950–55; < Canadian French; French: plate for tarts, equivalent to
tourte tart (see
torte) +
-ière, feminine of
-ier
-ier2; see
boutonniere
Words nearby tourtière
tourneur,
tourney,
tourniquet,
tournois,
tours,
tourtière,
touré,
tous-les-mois,
touse,
tousle,
tousled
British Dictionary definitions for tourtiere
tourtière
/ (ˌtuːrtɪˈɛə, French turtjɛr) /
noun
Canadian
a type of meat pie
Word Origin for tourtière
from French