Etymology

terrine

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Today it means: A deep type of dish or pan, typically used for casseroles and made out of pottery. Full definition →

French terrine
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromterrine“a clay dish; that which is cooked in the dish”
  2. English todayterrine

Borrowed from French terrine (“a clay dish; that which is cooked in the dish”). Doublet of tureen.

Words from the same roots

Frenchterrine all →

tureen

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