Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frikkadel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: frikkadel
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Afrikaner dish of baked (or sometimes deep-fried) meatballs prepared with onion, bread, eggs, vinegar, and spices.

Uncountable

noun

One of the meatballs from this dish.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Lamprais is a Dutch-influenced Sri Lankan original, a banana-leaf package of rice, meat curry, eggplant, frikkadel (a kind of meatball) and shrimp paste."
"On the brunch menu, that can mean anything from scones or toast coated with Marmite yeast extract to burgers in (monkey-free) monkey gland sauce, or frikkadels, South African meatballs."
"People clinked wine glasses with Du Preez as waiters carried plates of South African cuisine like curried frikkadels and lamb sosatie to hungry diners."
"Their passion for food saw them bringing bunny chow and frikkadels to the streets of San Francisco."

Etymology

From Afrikaans frikkadel, from Dutch frikadel. Doublet of fricandeau and frikadelle.

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: frikkadel, frikadel

Usage

Inflected Forms

frikkadels (plural)

Questions

What does frikkadel mean?: A traditional Afrikaner dish of baked (or sometimes deep-fried) meatballs prepared with onion, bread, eggs, vinegar, and spices.
Where does frikkadel come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

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