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langos

/ˈlaːŋɡoʃ/

langos noun: a traditional Hungarian fried dough, usually seasoned with garlic, sour cream or cheese and sold as a fast food.

langos: a traditional Hungarian fried dough, usually seasoned with garlic, sour cream or cheese and sold as...
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Noun

langos (countable and uncountable, plural langos)

  1. A traditional Hungarian fried dough, usually seasoned with garlic, sour cream or cheese and sold as a fast food.
    • If you are not Hungarian, you might mistake langos for a small underfurnished pizza and bypass it in search of more ample pleasures.2015 July 23, Ligaya Mishan, “Langos Truck Presents the Flavor of Hungary on Four Wheels”, in New York Times

Forms of langos

plurallangos
alternative formlángos
alternative formlangosh
alternative formlangosch

Origin of langos

Borrowed from Hungarian lángos, from láng (“flame”) + -os.

Questions about langos

What does langos mean?
Langos means a traditional Hungarian fried dough, usually seasoned with garlic, sour cream or cheese and sold as a fast food.
What part of speech is langos?
Langos is a noun.
How do you pronounce langos?
Langos is pronounced /ˈlaːŋɡoʃ/.
What is the plural of langos?
The plural of langos is langos.

Words near langos in the dictionary

  1. Langogan
  2. Langone
  3. Langones
  4. langooties
  5. langooty
  6. langos
  7. langostino
  8. langostinos
  9. langot
  10. langoti
  11. langoties

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