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stifado

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sti-fa-do
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Greek stew, typically made from rabbit meat, tomatoes, small onions and herbs.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Greek στιφάδο (stifádo), from Venetan stufado, from Latin extufare, from Ancient Greek τύφος (túphos, “steam”). Compare Italian stufato, French estouffade. Doublet of estouffade.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: στιφάδο, stufado, extufo, τύφος

Usage

Inflected Forms

stifados (plural)

Questions

What does stifado mean?
A Greek stew, typically made from rabbit meat, tomatoes, small onions and herbs.
Where does stifado come from?
It is traced to Greek.

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