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gefilte fish

/ɡəˈfɪltə fɪʃ/

gefilte fish noun: originally, a dish of stuffed fish with the skin intact.

Noun

gefilte fish (uncountable)

  1. Originally, a dish of stuffed fish with the skin intact.
  2. A poached mixture of ground deboned fish, traditionally served as an appetizer by Ashkenazi Jewish households.
    • Today you will shop for me. Tonight we will have gefilte fish.2011 Jan/Feb, Sally Schloss, “The Goose Girl”, in Moment, volume 36, number 1, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2011, page 49

Forms of gefilte fish

alternative formgefiltefish
alternative formgefüllte fish
alternative formgefullte fish
alternative formgefülte fish
alternative formgefulte fish

Origin of gefilte fish

From Yiddish געפֿילטע פֿיש (gefilte fish, “stuffed fish”), from געפֿילט (gefilt, “stuffed”), from Old High German [Term?]. (Compare German gefüllter (“stuffed”) + Fisch (“fish”).)

Questions about gefilte fish

What does gefilte fish mean?
Gefilte fish means originally, a dish of stuffed fish with the skin intact.
What part of speech is gefilte fish?
Gefilte fish is a noun.
How do you pronounce gefilte fish?
Gefilte fish is pronounced /ɡəˈfɪltə fɪʃ/.

Words near gefilte fish in the dictionary

  1. Geffre
  2. Geffres
  3. Geffrey
  4. geffroyite
  5. gefilte
  6. gefilte fish
  7. gefiltefish
  8. gefitinib
  9. gefuffle
  10. gefuffles
  11. gefullte fish

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