barszcz
/bˈɑɹʃtʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Slimakowa looked him up and down, gave him a bowl of barszcz and another of potatoes, and told him to wash in the river."
- "She poured herself another glass of Bulgarian white, and spooned up the remainder of her barszcz before polishing off the small meat pasty that is always served with beetroot soup."
- "BIALY BARSZCZ WIELKANOCNA (WHITE EASTER BARSZCZ) […] Into wide soup bowls, ladle barszcz."
- "[…] cutlery and glasses would appear and then dish after dish of fish en gelée, bowls of barszcz with twisted puff pastry sticks, bigos, pierogi, sliced ham, fresh and picked vegetables, bottled fruits, cakes, tarts and bottles and bottles of flavoured vodkas."
- "Women bustled about laying out large platters of chicken, kielbasa rings, heaping bowls of golabki, pierogi and steaming tureens of barszcz."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥s-t-yós Proto-Balto-Slavic *burštjás Proto-Slavic *bъ̃rščь Old Polish barszcz Polish barszczubor. English barszcz Unadapted borrowing from Polish barszcz. Doublet of borscht.