Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biltong

/ˈbɪl(ˌ)tɒŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: bil-tong
IPA: /ˈbɪl(ˌ)tɒŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The rest of the buck's flesh we cut into strips and hung in the sun to dry into 'biltong,' as, I believe, the South African Dutch call flesh thus prepared."
""P W who …?" Mr William Clark is reputed to have said when he was being quizzed for the job of American Assistant Secretary of State. Well, whatever political reminders he might now have, he will never forget our prime minister [P. W. Botha] after being given so memorable a dish as biltong souffle for breakfast yesterday, backed up by straight biltong and maroela jelly."
"Steak, chops, boerewors coiled sausage and chicken are cooked on a braai (an open fire of wood or coals) to go in rolls with salad. Snacks include biltong and chakalaka spicy relish – all available from specialist store the Savanna."

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans biltong, from bil (“buttock, hindquarter”) + tong (“tongue, strip”).

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: biltong

Usage

Inflected Forms

biltongs (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce biltong?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɪl(ˌ)tɒŋ/.
What does biltong mean?: A South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky.
Where does biltong come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

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