Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

silog

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: silog
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A class of Filipino breakfast dishes containing garlic fried rice and fried egg, sunny side up, served with various accompanying savory dishes, usually fried meat dishes such as tapa, longganisa or ham.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Cusinera serves stupendous silog (traditional Filipino breakfast, $5.61) — eggs with garlic rice and a protein of your choice, such as daing (crispy dried fish), longaniza (juicy, garlicky pork sausage) and tapa (cured beef steak)."
"Bayan Ko Diner offers the classic Filipino silogs, a breakfast plate comprised of your choice of meat, garlic rice, fried egg and tomato salad. “I’m a classic guy and I just love a silog,” Letrero said, noting that their house-made tocino is his favorite."
"This is Southeast Portland’s longtime go-to spot for Filipino homestyle cooking. Owner Cindy Nelson treats customers like family. Classics such as adobo, silogs and pancit are on the menu."

Etymology

From Tagalog silog.

Word Breakdown

Root: silog

Usage

Inflected Forms

silogs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

bacsilog bangsilog chicsilog cornsilog hamsilog hotsilog longsilog spamsilog

Questions

What does silog mean?: A class of Filipino breakfast dishes containing garlic fried rice and fried egg, sunny side up, served with various accompanying savory dishes, usually fried meat dishes such as tapa, longganisa or ham.
Where does silog come from?: From Tagalog silog.

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