goulash
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goulash
- /ˈɡuː.læʃ/ UK
- /ˈɡuː.lɑːʃ/ US
Rhymes with -æʃ
Where it comes from
From French goulasch, itself from Hungarian gulyás (“herdsman”), an ellipsis of gulyáshús (“herdsman meat”), gulyásétel (“herdsman food”), and/or gulyástokány (“herdsman stew”). First attested in English in 1866. Doublet of gulyás.
noun goulashes · gulyas · gulasch · goulasch · gulash
- A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika.
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Synonym of American chop suey.
Similar: American chop suey
- A style of play in which the cards are not thoroughly shuffled between consecutive deals, so as to make the suits less evenly distributed between the players.
- A hodgepodge, mishmash While people do not flaunt their preferences, there is also no attempt to hide the facts. One man, who had worked with the collective for three months, could not divide the group by sexuality. "It seems like a goulash of gays, straights, bi's but you can't tell who's who, or what's what."
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noun a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
| Español | gulasch, goulash |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 구야시 guyasi |
| 日本語 | グヤーシュ guyāshu, グーラーシュ gūrāshu |
| 中文 | 古拉什 gǔlāshí |
| हिन्दी | गुलाश gulāś |
| Português | goulash, gulache, gulyás |
| Français | goulash, goulache |
| Deutsch | Gulasch |
| Italiano | gulasch, stufato |
| Ελληνικά | γκούλας gkoúlas |
| Română | gulaș |
| Русский | гуля́ш guljáš |
| العربية | غُولَاش ḡūlāš |
| עברית | גולאש \ גּוּלָשׁ gúlash |
noun a style of bridge play
| 日本語 | グラッシュ gurasshu |
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title = {goulash},
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