Etymology

tureen

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Today it means: A broad, deep serving dish used for serving soup or stew. Full definition →

French terrine
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  1. French · borrowed fromterrine
  2. English todaytureen

From earlier terrene (thus pronunciations with /tj/, /t͡ʃ/ are spelling pronunciations), borrowed from French terrine. Doublet of terrine.

Words from the same roots

Frenchterrine all →

terrine

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