dinde

In the early period following the discovery of the Americas (i.e., the Indies), the French called turkeys coq d'Inde, poule d'Inde (literally “hen from India”), etc. D'Inde was ultimately spelled dinde by (rebracketing).

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̃d/

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dinde f (plural dindes)

1. turkey-hen (a female turkey)
2. (cooking) turkey meat (of a male or a female turkey)

• dindon (“male turkey”)

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

dinde

1. locative singular of din