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Meaning of tourtière | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
tʊɚˈtjɛɚ

Definitions

  1. A type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie, usually made with pork.
  2. Alternative spelling of tourtière.

Equivalents

Français tourtière

Examples

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 family’s story with this elder, to whom I owed a great debt of gratitude.”
What I wanted Anna to understand was that I was more from here than she was. At least half my people were from Cape Breton. Salt water did run in my veins. Okay, so it was mixed with a bit of tourtiere, but it was there.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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