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italian poutine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables
ital-ian pou-tine
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of poutine made with spaghetti sauce instead of gravy.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Italian + poutine, a calque of Canadian French poutine italienne; from being a variant of poutine that uses an Italian-style tomato-based pasta sauce instead of gravy.

Usage

Questions

What does italian poutine mean?
A form of poutine made with spaghetti sauce instead of gravy.
Where does italian poutine come from?
From Italian + poutine, a calque of Canadian French poutine italienne; from being a variant of poutine that uses an Italian-style tomato-based pasta sauce instead of gravy.

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