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chicken provencale

chicken provencale

3.3
A dish of chicken cooked in a tomato, garlic, and olive oil sauce with herbs from Provence
  • noun
  • /ˈʧɪkɪn prɒvɒnˈsɑːl/
translation icon : pollo provenzal
  • For dinner, she prepared chicken provencale with ripe tomatoes, garlic, and fragrant herbs.

Examples

  • The restaurant's signature dish is chicken provencale, served with rustic bread.

  • I decided to try making chicken provencale after watching a French cooking show.

  • For dinner, she prepared chicken provencale with fresh herbs from her garden.

  • I love chicken provencale for dinner.

  • Have you tried chicken provencale at that new restaurant?

  • I decided to try making chicken provencale after learning about its vibrant flavors in a cooking class.

  • At the cozy bistro, I ordered chicken provencale, which came beautifully plated with a side of rice.

Surface Forms

chicken provencale singular
chicken provencales plural

Morphology

chicken + provencale

The compound names a chicken dish where 'chicken' clearly identifies the protein, but 'provencale' is a toponym-derived adjective referring to the Provençal cooking style (tomato, garlic, olive oil, regional herbs) rather than a transparent lexical meaning. Because understanding the full dish meaning depends on cultural/culinary knowledge of Provence or recognizing the toponymial formation, it is partially inferable but not fully predictable to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Chicken provencale is named after Provence, a sunny part of southern France. The word provencale means 'from Provence', and the dish is simply chicken cooked with tomatoes, garlic, olive oil and herbs, so the name means chicken in a tomato-garlic-herb sauce.