tagine
tajine
/ (tæË?Ê’iË?n) /
Save This Word!
noun
a large, heavy N African cooking pot with a conical lid
a N African stew with vegetables, olives, lemon, garlic and spices, cooked in a tagine
QUIZ
SPRINT TO THE FINISH WITH THIS OLYMPICS QUIZ!
Compete in our Olympics quiz to see if you can take home the gold medal in Olympics knowledge.
Question 1 of 10
Where was the Olympics first held?
Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing
Word Origin for tagine
from Moroccan Arabic tažin, from Arabic tÄ?jun frying pan
Words nearby tagine
tag end, tagetes, taggant, Taggard, taggers, tagine, tagliarini, tagliatelle, Tagliavini, tag line, Taglioni
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
How to use tagine in a sentence
Somehow, at 9,000 feet above sea level, our cook, Brahim, had created a delicious tagine with fresh vegetables.
The speciality was mutton tagine, softly braised in the tagine pot with peas, vegetables, and spices.
Mutton Tagine in Zaita, Morocco This photo was taken at a tiny roadside town on the drive to Fez.