Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pirohy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: piro-hy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Czech or Slovak pierogi.

Example Sentences

"Here, continuing to cope with a foreign language and foreign customs, they reared a daughter and two sons on generous amounts of pirohy, holupky, and love."
"Then hurrying to lift a pot of pirohy from the stove, she scalded her arm."
"And on Fridays through much of the year, a visitor could go up to St. John’s Cathedral, on Dickson Street, in Munhall, and enjoy, if he wanted to put on the feedbag, a lunch, made by the church ladies, of pirohy, bean and lentil soup, and, of course, the ubiquitous halushky, or portions thereof."

Etymology

From Czech pirohy and Slovak pirohy. Doublet of pierogi (from Polish), pirogi (from Russian), and pyrohy (from Ukrainian).

Origin

Source language: Czech

Word Breakdown

Root: pirohy

Questions

What does pirohy mean?: Czech or Slovak pierogi.
Where does pirohy come from?: It is traced to Czech.

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