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poutine.

poutine

7 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/pu.tin/[pu.t͡sɪn]Quebec
  1. poutine

    Quebec · feminine
  2. any of several potato-based dishes

    feminine
  3. dumpling

    Louisiana · feminine
  4. bread pudding, pudding

    Louisiana · feminine
  5. any of several pudding-like desserts

    Quebec · feminine · obsolete
  6. a messy situation or complicated thing; a quagmire

    Quebec · feminine · obsolete
  7. a fat woman

    Quebec · feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Attested from 1810. Etymology uncertain, possibly either: * a variant of pouding (“pudding”), borrowed from English pudding (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell”)); or * from a dialectal French word influenced by French pouding or English pudding, though this word has not been identified. Sense 1 is generally thought to have been coined by the Canadian restaurateur Fernand Lachance (1918–2004) as a name for the dish which is said to have been first served at his restaurant Lutin Qui Rit in Warwick, Quebec, in 1957. Cognates * Michif poutchine (possibly)

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