haggis
A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices,…A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.
» Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish.
Хаггис — традиционное шотландское блюдо.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.
Haggis
ха́ггисxággis
гаґґісhaggis
made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach
Examples
2 sentencesHaggis is a traditional Scottish dish.
ruХаггис — традиционное шотландское блюдо. — Wezel
Should you go to Scotland, would you please bring me back a wild haggis? Thank you.
Translations
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Origin
From Late Middle English hagis (“haggis”), from hag, haggen (“to chop, cut, hack; to cut iFrom Late Middle English hagis (“haggis”), from hag, haggen (“to chop, cut, hack; to cut into”) (from Old Norse hǫggva (“to hew”)), or from hakken (“to chop, hack; to dice, mince”) (from Old English hēawan (“to chop, hew; to dice, mince”)), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to hew; to beat, strike; to forge”).
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Forms
plural: haggisesWord family
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