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moussaka

/muːˈsɑːkə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
mous-sa-ka
IPA
/muːˈsɑːkə/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dish consisting of layers of minced lamb or beef, sliced aubergine (eggplant) or potatoes, tomatoes and béchamel sauce, baked in the oven.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μουσακάς (mousakás), from Ottoman Turkish موصاقه (musakka), from Arabic مُسَقَّعَة (musaqqaʕa) or originally from Arabic مُصَقَّعَة (muṣaqqaʕa), from the trilateral root ص ق ع (ṣ q ʕ): “to hit, to pound, to smash”.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: μουσακάς, موصاقه, مُسَقَّعَة, مُصَقَّعَة, ص ق ع

Usage

Inflected Forms

moussakas (plural) mousaka (alternative)

Rhymes With

aka osaka tanaka dhaka lusaka baka shaka paca yamanaka apodaca straka menchaca

Questions

How do you pronounce moussaka?
The recorded pronunciation is /muːˈsɑːkə/.
What does moussaka mean?
A dish consisting of layers of minced lamb or beef, sliced aubergine (eggplant) or potatoes, tomatoes and béchamel sauce, baked in the oven.
Where does moussaka come from?
It is traced to Greek.

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