Usage Note
Dinde is the female turkey; the male is dindon, and the general/pejorative term is also dindon (a fool or dupe, as in être le dindon de la farce, to be the butt of the joke). Roast turkey is the traditional centrepiece of French Christmas dinner. The word derives from the phrase poule d'Inde (hen of India), reflecting the early European confusion about the bird's origin.
Examples
"On mange de la dinde à Noël."
Natural Translation
We eat turkey at Christmas.
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