Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coulibiac

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: couli-b-i-ac
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A loaf of fish, meat, or vegetables baked in a pastry shell.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"ALTHOUGH beef Stroganoff are^([sic]) the best known of Russian dishes, one of the simplest yet most delicious of foods originated in that country goes by the unusual name of coulibiac. Coulibiac resembles an oversized turnover made with a rich pastry and, as filling, salmon, meat or cabbage."

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кулебя́ка (kulebjáka). Compare French koulibiac.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: кулебя́ка

Usage

Inflected Forms

coulibiacs (plural) koulibiac (alternative) koulibiaca (alternative)

Questions

What does coulibiac mean?: A loaf of fish, meat, or vegetables baked in a pastry shell.
Where does coulibiac come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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