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poutine

Chiefly with a qualifying word: any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish.

puːˈtiːnDocumented since 1910s1910sSilenthistoricalCurrent129 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026+ Add a definition
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Born ~1918 · 2 years of recorded use
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#1·Apr 27, 2026

Chiefly with a qualifying word: any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish.

In Italian poutine, gravy is replaced with spaghetti sauce.
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    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “help. why did i think this was poutine flavoured ice cream 😭”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Le cessez-le-feu annoncé à la surprise générale par Vladimir Poutine, et valable jusqu'au 9 mai, ne saurait masquer le fait qu'après des mois d'avancées laborieuses, l'armée russe subit des revers importants. Le Kremlin, quant à lui, parle de succès.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Les nouveaux opposants à Poutine dont LFI se prévaut aujourd'hui valent à peine mieux qu’Oudaltsov. bsky.app/profile/beno...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I wouldn’t look to Canada for health advice *carries on eating Timbits and poutine*”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

A dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy, eaten primarily in Canada.

Jean made an eight-hour trip across the border into Quebec just to satisfy his craving for poutine.
Origin: [[File:La Banquise Poutine.jpg|thumb|A dish of classic poutine ().]] Borrowed from ; further etymology , possibly either: * a variant of , borrowed from (possibly ultimately from ); or * from a dialectal French word influenced by or , though this word has not been identified. The Canadian French word is generally thought to have been (1918–2004) as a name for the dish which is said to have been first served at his restaurant Lutin Qui Rit in Warwick, Quebec, in 1957. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “L'ALTER INFO - Slate La Russie va-t-elle profiter du retrait américain d'Allemagne pour attaquer l'UE? https://www.slate.fr/monde/russie-retrait-etats-unis-allemagne-otan-union-europeenne-attaque-poutine-trump-armement-guerre-ukraine 06-05-2026 10:00”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Ca n'a aucun sens. Et en effet Poutine a bien raison stratégiquement de pointer cette incohérence et pour le démentir faut nous réviser et pas persister à répéter bêtement que c'est "la réthorique à Poutine"”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Ça fait trois jours que Mélenchon est candidat, ils font sont déjà sur le mode "il faut reparler à Poutine".”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Guerre en Ukraine : craignant des attaques de drones ukrainiens lors du défilé du 9-Mai, Poutine déploie plus de 40 nouveaux systèmes de défense aérienne Pantsir-S1 autour de Moscou ➡️ https://l.lindependant.fr/u1r”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “La Suisse alimente le trésor de guerre de Poutine "Public Eye – Le magazine n°35, avril 2022" https://www.publiceye.ch/fr/publications/detail/la-suisse-alimente-le-tresor-de-guerre-de-poutine”

    — Bluesky· Apr 2022
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