Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sheftalia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shef-talia
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Cypriot food, a type of crépinette, a sausage without skin, that uses caul fat or omentum to wrap the ingredients, rather than sausage casing.

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek σεφταλιά (seftaliá).

Origin

Source language: Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: σεφταλιά

Questions

What does sheftalia mean?: A traditional Cypriot food, a type of crépinette, a sausage without skin, that uses caul fat or omentum to wrap the ingredients, rather than sausage casing.
Where does sheftalia come from?: It is traced to Greek.

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