pissaladière

noun

pis·​sa·​la·​dière

pēsäläˈdyer

plural -s

: an open-faced pastry topped with olives, onions, and anchovies

Word History

Etymology

French, from Provençal (Nice) pissaladiero, from pissala preserved crushed and salted fish, from pis, peis fish (from Old Provençal peis, from Latin piscis) + sala, past participle of sala to salt, from Old Provençal salar

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

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