printanier

adjective

prin·​ta·​nier

praⁿtȧnyā

variants or printanière

-yeer

: made or dressed with diced spring vegetables

a printanier soup

Word History

Etymology

printanier from French, from printanier vernal, from Middle French, from printemps spring (from prin prime + temps time—from Latin tempus —) + -ier -er; printanière from French, feminine of printanier

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