rijsttafel

/ˈɹaɪsˌtɑːfəl/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"The famous rijsttafel, love-hate legacy of Dutch imperial days—at its most numbing brilliance it required 23 men and a boy to serve—[…]"
"I was born too late to experience a real Indonesian rijsttafel, but my mother used to tell me about these feasts."
"The complete or the lesser rijsttafel? I bet they're both huge, […]"
"The basic concept of a rijsttafel is to eat a bit of this and a bit of that, blending flavors and textures."

Borrowed from Dutch rijsttafel (“rice table”).

rijsttafels (plural)

rijstafel

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The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹaɪsˌtɑːfəl/.

What does rijsttafel mean?

Where does rijsttafel come from?

Borrowed from Dutch rijsttafel (“rice table”).

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