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povidlo

povidlo is the alternative form of powidl.

Meaning of powidl

Noun

powidl (uncountable)

  1. A fruit spread prepared by cooking zwetschge plums, similar to jam but traditionally made in Central Europe without additional sweeteners or gelling agents.
    • There is also a Bohemian pastry called Buchteln in Vienna. Yeast dough filled with powidl or pot cheese, always baked, of course. Perhaps that got mixed in here, too.2007 May 22, margaret suran, "Re: Seattle Cheese Festival from rec.food.cooking", in rec.food.cooking, Usenet

Origin of povidlo

From Russian пови́дло (povídlo).

Questions about povidlo

What is povidlo the alternative form of?
Povidlo is the alternative form of powidl.

Words near povidlo in the dictionary

  1. Povey
  2. Povh
  3. poviat
  4. poviats
  5. povidine
  6. povidlo
  7. povidone
  8. povidone-iodine
  9. povidones
  10. Povil
  11. Povindah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: povidlo (page history and authors); powidl (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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