potage
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- noun
- /pəˈtɑːʒ/
:
potaje
- That is potage soup!
Examples
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Having grown up on mountain spinach, pinecones, and potages made from primrose and nettles, he found the mansion-house supper was wonderfully bourgeois.
Fiction book (1992) -
Mrs. Cooper has sent up a potage.
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Well, I don't care about the corn potage at this point.
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"This potage Parmentier is sheer perfection."
Fiction book (1991) -
I find that story as difficult to swallow as I do this potage au gelée.
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Soup, potage Saint-Germain with purée de madeleine.
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The chef prepared a rich potage made from fresh vegetables and herbs.
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On cold days, a bowl of creamy potage warms me up instantly.
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For dinner, we enjoyed a hearty potage that blended flavors of meat and vegetables.
Synonyms
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A hot dish of meat, fish, or vegetables cooked in water
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9.9
A thick soup or stew made from vegetables and sometimes meat, often eaten in the past
Antonyms
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A thin tasty liquid made by boiling meat, fish, or vegetables in water, often used for soup
Compounds
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
Potage comes from the French word pot ('pot'), because it was at first food 'cooked in a pot'. So, potage now means a thick, often creamy soup or stew, just like the simple dishes once made in a cooking pot.