goulash
A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprikaA stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika.
» Have you ever had goulash soup?
Hast du schon einmal Gulaschsuppe gegessen?
Ты когда-нибудь ел венгерский гуляш?
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika.
Gulasch
гуля́шguljáš
гуля́шhuljáš
a rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika
(Midwestern US, countable, uncountable)Synonym of American chop suey.
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Examples
13 sentencesHave you ever had goulash soup?
ruТы когда-нибудь ел венгерский гуляш?
deHast du schon einmal Gulaschsuppe gegessen?
Tom had soup for lunch, not goulash.
Tom made a big pot of goulash.
Tom cooked up a big pot of goulash.
The goulash at this restaurant is very spicy.
deDas Gulasch in diesem Restaurant ist sehr würzig.
Translations
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Origin
From French goulasch, itself from Hungarian gulyás (“herdsman”), an ellipsis of gulyáshúsFrom French goulasch, itself from Hungarian gulyás (“herdsman”), an ellipsis of gulyáshús (“herdsman meat”), gulyásétel (“herdsman food”), and/or gulyástokány (“herdsman stew”). First attested in English 1866.
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Forms
plural: goulashesSynonyms
3 synonyms- a rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika:Hungarian goulashgulyas
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable