Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cholent

/ˈt͡ʃoʊl(ə)nt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: cholent
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃoʊl(ə)nt/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A meat and/or bean stew traditionally served on the Sabbath by Jews.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As Mr. Schonfeld climbed the stairs, he was carrying a steaming 18-quart pot containing the traditional Sabbath stew known as chulent."
"Food was prepared with a far defter hand; I had matzo ball soup and boiled beef with horseradish, which sounds terrible but was excellent; Eliza ordered cholent, a thick bean stew, topped with a slice of meat loaf — our Jewish-mom-like server basically forced her."

Etymology

From Yiddish טשאָלנט (tsholnt), of unknown origin, but may be from an Old French reflex of Latin calēns.

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: טשאָלנט, -, calēns

Usage

Inflected Forms

cholents (plural) chulent (alternative) schalet (alternative)

Synonyms

chamin hamin

Questions

How do you pronounce cholent?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃoʊl(ə)nt/.
What does cholent mean?: A meat and/or bean stew traditionally served on the Sabbath by Jews.
Where does cholent come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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