stroganoff
A dish of sautéed pieces of beef served in a sauce with sour creamA dish of sautéed pieces of beef served in a sauce with sour cream.
» I know how to make beef stroganoff.
Ich weiß wie man Filet Stroganoff macht.
Я знаю, как приготовить бефстроганов.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A dish of sautéed pieces of beef served in a sauce with sour cream.
Bœuf Stroganoff, Bœuf Stroganow
бефстро́гановbefstróganov
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A dish prepared as above, with beef substituted by another protein (meat or meat substitute).
chicken stroganoff, mushroom stroganoff
Examples
3 sentencesI know how to make beef stroganoff.
ruЯ знаю, как приготовить бефстроганов.
deIch weiß wie man Filet Stroganoff macht.
I read about how to make beef stroganoff in a recipe book.
"Stroganoff" has a hilarious near-homophone in the English language.
Translations
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Origin
From French stroganoff, ellipsis of bœuf Stroganoff (whence English beef stroganoff), fromFrom French stroganoff, ellipsis of bœuf Stroganoff (whence English beef stroganoff), from bœuf (“beef”) + Stroganoff (from Russian Стро́ганов (Stróganov)), named after one of the members of the Stroganov family, a distinguished Russian family involved in the settlement of Siberia. It has been debated whether it is named after the diplomat Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov or the politician Alexander Stroganov. For the French-style postpositive placement of Stroganoff, compare chicken Kiev and bananas Foster.
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Forms
plural: stroganoffsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable