pirozhki
Small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried,…Small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern European cuisine, or a serving of these.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern European cuisine, or a serving of these.
Pirogge, Piroschki
пирожо́кpirožók, пирожки́pirožkí
пиріжо́кpyrižók, пиріжки́pyrižký
small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried
(countable, uncountable)A single such pastry.
Translations
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Origin
From Russian пирожки́ (pirožkí), plural of пирожо́к (pirožók), which is in turn a diminutiFrom Russian пирожки́ (pirožkí), plural of пирожо́к (pirožók), which is in turn a diminutive of пиро́г (piróg, “pie”). (In Russian Mennonite communities, borrowed first into Plautdietsch in Russia and Ukraine, and then taken from Plautdietsch into English in the US.) Doublet of pyrizhky and perieschkje.
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Forms
plural: pirozhki / pirozhkisSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable