pâté chinois
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from French pâté chinois.
Noun
pâté chinois
- (Quebec) A French-Canadian dish of layered ground beef, sweetcorn and mashed potatoes, similar to shepherd's pie.
French
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Etymology
pâté + chinois; being a sort of pie from China, Maine, USA; where French Canadian workers arrived to work textile mills in Maine, USA, and were served variations of shepherd's pie, bringing it home, and developing the French-Canadian dish from it. "China" being "Chine" in French; and "chinois" being French for "Chinese".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.te ʃi.nwa/, /pɑ.te ʃi.nwa/
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Noun
pâté chinois m (uncountable)
- pâté chinois (“a Quebecois dish”)
- (Quebec) shepherd's pie
Synonyms
shepherd's pie
- hachis parmentier (France)
- parmentier (France)