Definition of Parmentier in US English:



  • postpositive Cooked or served with potatoes.

    ‘soups such as potage Parmentier’
    • ‘F's Hachis Parmentier was an amazingly tasty mash of puréed potato and shredded duck served with a side of sharply dressed green frisée.’
    • ‘The equivalent dish in France is called hachis Parmentier in honour of the man who persuaded the French to eat potatoes.’


From the name of Antoine A. Parmentier (1737–1813), the French agriculturalist who popularized the potato in France.