tagine
English
Noun
tagine (countable and uncountable, plural tagines)
- Alternative spelling of tajine.
- 2005, Tess Mallos, Cooking Moroccan, Millers Point, N.S.W.: Murdoch Books, →ISBN, pages 8 and 14:
- [page 8] On a round table, food is served in a central platter or tagine or in shallow dishes so that it can be easily picked up with the fingers. [...] [page 14] Fresh broad beans are used when in season, the young beans added to tagines with the skin on; when more mature, the beans are blanched and skinned before cooking.
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French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طجين (ṭajīn), from Arabic طَاجِن (ṭājin, “shallow earthen pot”), from Ancient Greek τάγηνον (tágēnon).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.ʒin/
Noun
tagine m (plural tagines)
Further reading
- “tagine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Portuguese
Noun
tagine m (plural tagines)
- tajine (Moroccan stew)