parmentier

See also: Parmentier

French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French parementier, from parement +‎ -ier, from parer+-ment, from Latin parare, from paro.

Noun

parmentier m (plural parmentiers)

1. tailor

   Synonyms: tailleur m, tailleuse f

Etymology 2

From hachis parmentier (“shepherd's pie”) or purée parmentier, from Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, from Parmentier, from parmentier, from Middle French parementier.

Noun

parmentier m (plural parmentiers)

1. (Europe) mashed potato (?) : Ellipsis of hachis parmentier.
2. (Europe) shepherd's pie (?) : Ellipsis of purée parmentier.
3. (Canada) the version of shepherd's pie from France; Ellipsis of hachis parmentier.

   Coordinate term: pâté chinois (the version of shepherd’s pie from Quebec)

Synonyms

(mashed potatoes):

• purée de patate
• purée de PDT
• purée de pommes de terre

(shepherd's pie):

• pâté chinois

Further reading

• “parmentier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.