Potager

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpÉ’taÊ’eɪ/, /ˈpÉ’tÉ™dÊ’É™/

Origin

From Middle French potager, from potage.

Full definition of potager

Noun

1. A kitchen garden; sometimes used attributively.
• 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 398:while he could not get into it until he obtained the keys from Bechet the notary, he had a picnic or two in the dilapidated garden and the herb potager, now run hopelessly to seed and weed.
2. (obsolete) A porringer.
• 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis: Or, A Catalogue and Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and preÅ¿erved at GreÅ¿ham Colledge, page 372,An INDIAN DISH or Potager. Made alÅ¿o of the Barque of a Tree, with the Sides and Rim Å¿ewed together after the manner of Twiggen-Work.

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