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goulash

/ˈɡuː.lɑːʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
goulash
IPA
/ˈɡuː.lɑːʃ/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of American chop suey.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A style of play in which the cards are not thoroughly shuffled between consecutive deals, so as to make the suits less evenly distributed between the players.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A hodgepodge, mishmash

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French goulasch, itself from Hungarian gulyás (“herdsman”), an ellipsis of gulyáshús (“herdsman meat”), gulyásétel (“herdsman food”), and/or gulyástokány (“herdsman stew”). First attested in English 1866.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɡuː.lɑːʃ/
  • British English: /ˈɡuː.læʃ/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

goulashes (plural) gulyas (alternative) gulasch (alternative) goulasch (alternative) gulash (alternative)

Phrases

American goulash goulash communism

Synonyms

American chop suey hungarian goulash gulyas

Rhymes With

cash crash flash trash ash smash dash clash splash nash bash rash

Questions

How do you pronounce goulash?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡuː.lɑːʃ/.
What does goulash mean?
A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika.
Where does goulash come from?
It is traced to French.

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