moussaka
A dish consisting of layers of minced lamb or beef, sliced aubergine or potatoes,…A dish consisting of layers of minced lamb or beef, sliced aubergine (eggplant) or potatoes, tomatoes and béchamel sauce, baked in the oven.
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Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A dish consisting of layers of minced lamb or beef, sliced aubergine (eggplant) or potatoes, tomatoes and béchamel sauce, baked in the oven.
муса́каmusáka
casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs
Examples
4 sentencesDo you want to eat moussaka?
Melissa gleefully prepared moussaka and spanakopita for her family.
I would rather eat moussaka in a seaside Greek city.
Luckily for Neo, there is Greek moussaka from the canteen in the bathhouse.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Greek μουσακάς (mousakás), from Ottoman Turkish موصاقه (musakka), from ArabiBorrowed from Greek μουσακάς (mousakás), from Ottoman Turkish موصاقه (musakka), from Arabic مُسَقَّعَة (musaqqaʕa) or originally from Arabic مُصَقَّعَة (muṣaqqaʕa), from the trilateral root ص ق ع (ṣ q ʕ): “to hit, to pound, to smash”.
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Forms
plural: moussakasLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable