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schnitzel

  • /ˈʃnɪts(ə)l/

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Unadapted borrowing from German Schnitzel (“cutlet”).

noun schnitzels · schnitzel · Schnitzel

  1. countable, uncountable A dish consisting of fried veal cutlet. There are, of course, many other types of Schnitzels and related veal specialties.
  2. broadly, countable, uncountable A Germanic dish of breaded and deep-fried meat cutlet.
  3. countable A cutlet from this dish. Repeat, adding more oil to the pan as needed, until all the schnitzel are cooked.

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noun a meat dish

Españolmilanesa
한국어슈니첼 syunichel
日本語シュニッツェル shunittseru
中文炸肉片 zhàròupiàn, 炸肉排 zhàròupái
हिन्दीश्नित्सल śnitsal
Portuguêsschnitzel
Françaisschnitzel
Deutsch(paniertes) Schnitzel
Italianomilanesa
Românășnițel
Русскийшни́цель šnícelʹ
العربيةشْنِيتْزَل šnītzal
עבריתשְׁנִיצֶל shnitzel

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@misc{schnitzel_2026,
  title = {schnitzel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/schnitzel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}