potage St. Germain
- noun
- /pəˈtɑːʒ seɪnt ʒərˈmɛ̃/
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potaje St. Germain
- For her dinner party, she served a delicious potage St. Germain as the starter.
Examples
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A steaming bowl of potage St. Germain is perfect for a chilly evening.
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The chef recommended the potage St. Germain to showcase fresh spring vegetables.
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I love potage St. Germain during the summer.
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Have you ever tried potage St. Germain?
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A steaming bowl of potage St. Germain is perfect for a chilly evening.
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For her dinner party, she served a delicious potage St. Germain as the starter.
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The chef recommended the potage St. Germain to showcase fresh spring vegetables.
Synonyms
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9.9
A thick soup or stew made from vegetables and sometimes meat, often eaten in the past
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2.0
A thick hot dish made from split peas and vegetables
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9.0
A thick creamy soup made from vegetables or meat
A soup made from fresh green peas and stock, often with onion and celery
How Thick
Surface Forms
Morphology
potage + St. + Germain
Knowing 'potage' (a type of soup) and 'St. Germain' (a proper name/title) allows a B1 learner to infer this is a kind of soup named after St. Germain, so the basic category is derivable. However, the specific ingredients and thick, pea-based character of the dish are not predictable from the constituents, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Potage St. Germain may come from the Paris area called St. Germain, where cooks used fresh green peas in spring. The word potage means a thick soup, so the name points to a thick pea soup from St. Germain and that is why it means 'a thick pea soup' today.