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borsch

/bɔɹʃ/UK/bɔːʃ/

borsch is the alternative spelling of borscht.

Meaning of borscht

Noun

borscht (countable and uncountable, plural borschts)

  1. A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.
  2. Any similar sour soup made of other ingredients such as sorrel, cabbage, hogweed

Forms of borsch

pluralborsches
pluralborschs

Origin of borsch

From Russian борщ (boršč) and Ukrainian борщ (boršč).

Words that rhyme with borsch

Questions about borsch

What is borsch the alternative spelling of?
Borsch is the alternative spelling of borscht.
How do you pronounce borsch?
Borsch is pronounced /bɔːʃ/ (UK).

Words near borsch in the dictionary

  1. borry
  2. borrying
  3. bors
  4. Borsalino
  5. Borsalinos
  6. borsch
  7. borsches
  8. borschs
  9. borscht
  10. borscht belt
  11. Borscht Circuit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: borsch (page history and authors); borscht (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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