borscht

See also: Borscht, and BORSCHT

English

borscht

Alternative forms

• borsch, borshch, borsht, borschtsch, bortsch

Etymology

1884 or 1808. Borrowed from Yiddish באָרשט (borsht), from Russian or Ukrainian борщ (boršč). Doublet of barszcz.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɔːʃt/
• IPA^(key): /bɔɹʃt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ʃt

Noun

borscht (countable and uncountable, plural borschts)

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

Synonyms

• barszcz

Derived terms

• cheap as borscht / cheap like borscht
• Borscht Belt

Translations

beetroot soup

• Albanian: borsh m
• Arabic: بُرْش m (borš), بُرْش m (burš)
• Armenian: բորշ (borš)
• Azerbaijani: borş
• Belarusian: боршч m (boršč)
• Bengali: বোর্শ (bōrśo)
• Bulgarian: борш m (borš)
• Carpathian Rusyn: борщ m (boršč)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 羅宋湯／罗宋汤 (lo⁴ sung³ tong¹)

  Mandarin: 羅宋湯／罗宋汤 (zh) (Luósòng-tāng)

• Czech: boršč m
• Danish: borsjtj c
• Dutch: borsjt m, borsjtsj (nl) m, borscht m
• Esperanto: barĉo (eo)
• Estonian: borš (et)
• Finnish: borssi (fi)
• French: bortsch (fr) m, borsch (fr) m
• Georgian: ბორში (borši)
• German: Borschtsch (de) m
• Greek: μπορς (el) (bors)
• Hebrew: חֲמִיצָה (he) f (khamitza)
• Hindi: बोर्स्ट (borsṭ), बोर्ष्ट (borṣṭ)
• Hungarian: borscs (hu)
• Hutterisch: Roen soupen
• Indonesian: borsch (id)
• Italian: boršč m
• Japanese: ボルシチ (ja) (borushichi)
• Kazakh: борщ (borş)
• Korean: 보르시 (ko) (boreusi)
• Kyrgyz: борщ (ky) (borşc)
• Latvian: borščs
• Lithuanian: barščiai
• Macedonian: боршч (mk) m (boršč)
• Mongolian: борщ (boršč)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: borsjtsj c

• Persian: برش (fa) (borš)
• Polish: barszcz (pl) m, barszcz czerwony (pl) m
• Portuguese: borscht m, borsch (pt) m
• Romanian: borș (ro) n
• Russian: борщ (ru) m (boršč)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бо̏ршч m

  Roman: bȍršč (sh) m

• Slovak: boršč m
• Slovene: boršč m
• Spanish: borscht m, borshch m
• Swedish: borsjtj (sv)
• Tajik: борш (borš), карамшӯрбо (karamšürbo)
• Turkish: borş (tr)
• Turkmen: borş (tk)
• Ukrainian: борщ (uk) m (boršč)
• Uzbek: borsh
• Vilamovian: bość
• Yiddish: באָרשט m (borsht)

Anagrams

• bortsch

French

Noun

borscht m (plural borschts)

1. Alternative form of bortsch

Portuguese

Noun

borscht m (plural borschts)

1. Alternative form of borsch

Spanish

Noun

borscht m (plural borschts)

1. Alternative form of borshch