dumpling
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dumpling
- /ˈdʌmp.lɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ʌmplɪŋ
Where it comes from
A folk word, first attested in c. 1600s, apparently from a Norfolk (East Anglian) dialect, of uncertain origin:
* perhaps from some Low German word (compare dümpeln (“bobbing up and down”)),
* or from the rare dialectal adjective dump (“lump, of the consistency of dough”) (first attested in the late 1800s), + -ling (diminutive suffix), although dumpling is recorded much earlier. However, compare dumpy (“short and stout”).
noun dumplings
- Specifically, a ball of dough used in stews and other sauced dishes; a thick noodle.
- Specifically, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.
- A term of endearment. My little dumpling.
- A piece of excrement. 2018 Brent Butt as Brent Herbert Leroy, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.
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noun food
| Español | dumpling (damplin/domplin) |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 만두 mandu, 교자 gyoja, 펠메니 pelmeni |
| 日本語 | 餃子 gyōza, ギョーザ gyōza |
| 中文 | 餃子 /饺子 jiǎozi |
| हिन्दी | गुलगुला gulgulā |
| Português | bolinho |
| Français | quenelle, ravioli |
| Deutsch | Knödel, Kloß, Klops |
| Italiano | gnocco, raviolo |
| Русский | пельме́нь pelʹménʹ, клёцка kljócka, галу́шка galúška, манты́ mantý, манту́ mantú, маньто́у manʹtóu |
| Tiếng Việt | mằn thắn, vằn thắn, hoành thánh |
| العربية | دَامْبْلِنْغ dāmblinḡ |
Talk about this word "dumpling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dumpling. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dumpling. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dumpling "dumpling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dumpling.Cite this
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title = {dumpling},
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