Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

borscht

/bɔːʃt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: borscht
IPA: /bɔːʃt/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any similar sour soup made of other ingredients such as sorrel, cabbage, hogweed

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Acronym of battery feed, overvoltage protection, ringing, signalling, coding, hybrid, test (“the set of functions performed by a subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC) in the line card of a telecommunication system providing plain old telephone service”).

Uncountable

Etymology

1884 or 1808. Borrowed from Yiddish באָרשט (borsht), from Russian or Ukrainian борщ (boršč). Doublet of barszcz.

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: באָרשט, -, борщ

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /bɔːʃt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

borschts (plural) borsch (alternative) borschtsch (alternative) borsh (alternative) borshch (alternative) borsht (alternative) bortsch (alternative)

Phrases

cheap as borscht cheap like borscht Borscht Belt

Synonyms

barszcz borsch borsh borsht borshch bortsch

Rhymes With

washed

Questions

How do you pronounce borscht?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɔːʃt/.
What does borscht mean?: A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.
Where does borscht come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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