Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pâté chinois

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: pate chi-nois
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A French-Canadian dish of layered ground beef, sweetcorn and mashed potatoes, similar to shepherd's pie.

Example Sentences

"The golden baked pâté chinois, a shepherd's pie, uses a recipe brought back to Quebec by miners working in China, Me."

Etymology

Borrowed from French pâté chinois.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: pâté chinois

Synonyms

Chinese pie

Questions

What does pâté chinois mean?: A French-Canadian dish of layered ground beef, sweetcorn and mashed potatoes, similar to shepherd's pie.
Where does pâté chinois come from?: It is traced to French.

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