tureen
pronunciation
How to pronounce tureen in British English:
UK [tjuˈri:n]
How to pronounce tureen in American English:
US [tʊˈrin, tjʊ-]
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- Noun:
- large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews
Word Origin
- tureen
- tureen: [18] Tureen and terrine are ultimately the same word. Both were borrowed simultaneously from French terrine ‘deep earthenware dish’ in the early 18th century, since when in its original sense ‘dish’ it has been contorted to tureen (perhaps partly through some association with Turin) and applied specifically to a ‘soup dish’, while in the extended sense ‘paté-like dish made in a terrine’ it has remained as terrine. The French word originated as a noun use of the feminine form of Old French terrin ‘earthen’, which went back ultimately to Latin terra ‘earth’ (source of English terrace, terrain, etc).=> terrine
- tureen (n.)
- 1706, from French terrine "earthen vessel," from Old French therine (15c.), noun use of fem. of terrin (adj.) "earthen," from Gallo-Roman *terrinus, from Latin terrenus "of the earth" (see terrain).
Example
- 1. A tureen of soup carrot , with seaweed and bulgar is brought in by a waiter in a white coat .
- 2. How can a simmering tureen of tripe stock look so evil , yet smell so good ?