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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French potage, and from earlier borrowing pottage.

Noun

potage (countable and uncountable, plural potages)

1. A thick creamy soup.

See also

• pottage

Anagrams

• top age, top-age, topage

French

Etymology

Old French, pot +? -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?.ta?/

Noun

potage m (plural potages)

1. soup (dish)

Synonyms

• soupe

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Catalan: potatge
• ? Spanish: potaje

Further reading

• “potage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pottage, potache, potege (all rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French potage; equivalent to pot +? -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??ta?d?(?)/

Noun

potage (plural potages)

1. pottage (a stew or casserole)
2. A pudding or slurry; any dish made of thick, runny liquid.
3. Greens or vegetables; plant matter as used in food.
4. (rare) A cataplasm; a pad on a wound to relieve.
5. (rare) A beverage; a liquid concoction.

Descendants

• English: pottage; porridge
• Scots: pottage; parritch

References

• “pot??e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-22.

Old French

Etymology

pot +? -age.

Noun

potage m (oblique plural potages, nominative singular potages, nominative plural potage)

1. soup; broth (etc.) cooked in a pot

Descendants

• ? Middle English: potage, pottage, potache, potege
  • English: pottage; porridge
  • Scots: pottage; parritch
• French: potage
  • ? Catalan: potatge
  • ? Spanish: potaje
• ? Welsh: potes

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (potage)
• “potage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Probably borrowed from French chaudière (“pot”), from Late Latin caldaria, from Latin caldarium. Related to English cauldron.

Possibly from older English jowter (“fish monger”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?a?d?/
• Rhymes: -a?d?(?)

Noun

chowder (countable and uncountable, plural chowders)

1. A thick, creamy soup or stew.
2. A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.
3. A seller of fish.

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Derived terms

• chowder beer
• clam chowder

Translations

Verb

chowder (third-person singular simple present chowders, present participle chowdering, simple past and past participle chowdered)

1. (transitive) To make (seafood, etc.) into chowder.

Anagrams

• Cowherd, cowherd