noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/puːˈtiːn/
Received-Pronunciation:/pʉwˈtɪjn/
General-American:/puˈtin/
Canada:/puˈtin/
Canada:/puˈtɪn/
Canada:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Australian, New-Zealand:/pʉːˈtiːn/
Northern-Ireland, Scotland:/pʉˈtin/
rhymes with -iːn
rhymes with -ɪn
1
noun
Meaning 1
A dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy, eaten primarily in Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, countable, uncountable
Examples
Jean made an eight-hour trip across the border into Quebec just to satisfy his craving for poutine.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Chiefly with a qualifying word: any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, countable, uncountable
Examples
In Italian poutine, gravy is replaced with spaghetti sauce.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Canadian French poutine (“French fries with cheese curds and gravy; any of various kinds of pudding”); further etymology uncertain, possibly either: * a variant of French pouding (“pudding”), borrowed from English pudding (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhew- (“to swell”)); or * from a dialectal French word influenced by French pouding or English pudding, though this word has not been identified. The Canadian French word is generally thought to have been coined by the Canadian restaurateur Fernand Lachance (1918–2004) as a name for the dish which is said to have been first served at his restaurant Lutin Qui Rit in Warwick, Quebec, in 1957.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
بوتين
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Armenian:
փութին
(pʻutʻin)
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Armenian:
պուտին
(putin)
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Basque:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Bulgarian:
пути́н
(putín)
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Bulgarian:
пуци́н
(pucín)
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Catalan:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Chinese Cantonese:
芝士肉汁薯條 /芝士肉汁薯条
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Chinese Mandarin:
盖浇薯條
(gàijiāoshǔtiáo)
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Dutch:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Esperanto:
pucino
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Finnish:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
French:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Galician:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
German:
Poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Greek:
πουτίν
(poutín)
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Hebrew:
פוטין
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Indonesian:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Italian:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Japanese:
プーティン
(pūtin)
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Japanese:
プーチン
(pūchin)
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Javanese:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Korean:
푸틴
(putin)
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Luxembourgish:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Macedonian:
пу́тин
(pútin)
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Norwegian Bokmål:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Norwegian Nynorsk:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Persian:
پوتین
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Polish:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Portuguese:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Punjabi:
ਪੂਟੀਨ
(pūṭīn)
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Romanian:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Russian:
пути́н
(putín)
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Scottish Gaelic:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Spanish:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Ukrainian:
путі́н
(putín)
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Veps:
putin
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
Vietnamese:
poutine
— dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy; any of a number of variations on the basic poutine dish
