parmentier

Inherited from Middle French parementier, from parement +‎ -ier, from parer+-ment, from Latin parare, from paro.

parmentier m (plural parmentiers)

1. tailor

   Synonyms: tailleur m, tailleuse f

From hachis parmentier (“shepherd's pie”) or purée parmentier, from Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, from Parmentier, from parmentier, from Middle French parementier.

parmentier m (plural parmentiers)

1. (Europe) mashed potato (?) : ellipsis of hachis parmentier
2. (Europe) shepherd's pie (?) : ellipsis of purée parmentier
3. (Canada) the version of shepherd's pie from France; ellipsis of hachis parmentier

   Coordinate term: pâté chinois (the version of shepherd's pie from Quebec)

• “parmentier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.