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okroshka

/əˈkɹɔʃkə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
okrosh-ka
IPA
/əˈkɹɔʃkə/
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cold raw vegetable soup, part of the national cuisines of Russia and Ukraine. Usually made by pouring kvass or kefir in a pot of diced cucumber, radish, green onion, boiled potato, boiled egg, sausage or meat, sour cream, and seasoned with dill and parsley.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Russian and Ukrainian окро́шка (okróška).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: окро́шка

Usage

Inflected Forms

okroshkas (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce okroshka?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈkɹɔʃkə/.
What does okroshka mean?
A cold raw vegetable soup, part of the national cuisines of Russia and Ukraine. Usually made by pouring kvass or kefir in a pot of diced cucumber, radish, green onion, boiled potato, boiled egg, sausage or meat, sour cream, and seasoned with dill and parsley.
Where does okroshka come from?
From Russian and Ukrainian окро́шка (okróška).

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