halaszle
halaszle noun: a hot, spicy paprika-based river-fish soup which originates from Hungary.
Noun
halaszle (uncountable)
- A hot, spicy paprika-based river-fish soup which originates from Hungary.
- I had my first halaszle in a restaurant garden just a stone's throw from the River Tisza.1972, Susan Derecskey, The Hungarian cookbook: the pleasures of Hungarian food and wine
- The first two Hungarian paprika recipes did not appear in print until 1829, in Istvan Czifrai's cookbook. They were paprikas chicken and halaszle, the fish soup of Szeged, the center of capsicum culture in Hungary then and now.1993, Raymond Sokolov, Why We Eat What We Eat: How Columbus Changed the Way the World Eats, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- fisherman's soup, fish paprika
Synonyms of halaszle
- fisherman's soup
- fish paprika
Forms of halaszle
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Origin of halaszle
Borrowed from Hungarian halászlé (“fisherman's soup”).
Questions about halaszle
- What does halaszle mean?
- Halaszle means a hot, spicy paprika-based river-fish soup which originates from Hungary.
- What part of speech is halaszle?
- Halaszle is a noun.
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