borscht

[ bawrsht ]
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noun
  1. any of various eastern European soups made with beets, cabbage, potatoes, or other vegetables and served hot or chilled, often with sour cream.

Origin of borscht

1
1880–85; <Yiddish borsht; compare Ukrainian, Byelorussian, Russian borshch soup with red beets as ingredient; or directly <East Slavic
  • Also borsch [bawrsh], /bɔrʃ/, borshch [bawrsh, bawrshch]. /bɔrʃ, bɔrʃtʃ/.

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borscht

borsch (bɔːʃ) or borshch (bɔːʃtʃ)

/ (bɔːʃt) /


noun
  1. a Russian and Polish soup based on beetroot

Origin of borscht

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C19: from Russian borshch

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