parmentier
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See also: Parmentier
French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Middle French parementier, from parement + -ier, from parer+-ment, from Latin parare, from paro.
Noun[edit]
parmentier m (plural parmentiers)
Etymology 2[edit]
From hachis parmentier (“shepherd's pie”) or purée parmentier, from Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, from Parmentier, from parmentier, from Middle French parementier.
Noun[edit]
parmentier m (plural parmentiers)
- (Europe) mashed potato (?) : Ellipsis of hachis parmentier.
- (Europe) shepherd's pie (?) : Ellipsis of purée parmentier.
- (Canada) the version of shepherd's pie from France; Ellipsis of hachis parmentier.
- Coordinate term: pâté chinois (the version of shepherd’s pie from Quebec)
Synonyms[edit]
mashed potatoes
shepherd's pie
Further reading[edit]
- “parmentier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.