French taco

noun

A press-grilled wrap sandwich originating from France, around Lyon: a type of burrito, where the filling is fully wrapped in the taco round flatbread, the wheat tortilla bread, without any open end, and filled with French fries, cheese sauce, a meat or alternative, and other sandwich fillings.

Meanings

nounFrench taco (plural French tacos)

plural French tacos · alternative french taco · alternative French tacos · alternative french tacos · alternative French tako · alternative french tako · alternative French takos · alternative french takos · alternative tako · alternative tacos · alternative takos

  1. A press-grilled wrap sandwich originating from France, around Lyon: a type of burrito, where the filling is fully wrapped in the taco round flatbread, the wheat tortilla bread, without any open end, and filled with French fries, cheese sauce, a meat or alternative, and other sandwich fillings.

Origin

  1. Frenchtacos français
  2. EnglishFrench taco

From French + taco; a calque of French tacos français.

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Translations

French tacos français
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