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tourte

French, noun/tuʁt/

tourte is spelled T-O-U-R-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,078th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tourte is a French feminine noun meaning “passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pâtisserie généralement salée contenant des viandes, des quenelles, etc”.

What does tourte mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Quebecfemininepassenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius

  2. 2

    femininedove

noun

  1. 1

    femininemeat pie.

  2. 2

    feminineAny kind of salted pie with vegetables, cheese etc, generally covered by undercrust (abaisse). Can be with fruits too.

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pâtisserie généralement salée contenant des viandes, des quenelles, etc. 2. Masse issue du broyage en poudre du minerai d'argent. 3. Plaque d'argile sur laquelle est posé le creuset des verriers et des fondeurs de métaux. 4. Idiot, en particulier s’agissant d’une femme.

noun: 1. Variante de tourtre. 2. Tourterelle.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of tourte

  • tourtes plural
  • tourtre alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tourte?

  • /tuʁt/
  • \tuʁt\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to tourte

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tourte in French?

tourte appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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