Etymology

stroganoff

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Today it means: A dish of sautéed pieces of beef served in a sauce with sour cream. Full definition →

French stroganoff ← Russian Стро́ганов
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stroganoff · noun1

  1. Russian · derived fromСтро́ганов
  2. French · borrowed fromstroganoff
  3. English todaystroganoff

From French stroganoff, ellipsis of bœuf Stroganoff (whence English beef stroganoff), from bœuf (“beef”) + Stroganoff (from Russian Стро́ганов (Stróganov)), named after one of the members of the Stroganov family, a distinguished Russian family involved in the settlement of Siberia. It has been debated whether it is named after the diplomat Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov or the politician Alexander Stroganov. For the French-style postpositive placement of Stroganoff, compare chicken Kiev and bananas Foster.

Stroganoff · proper noun, noun2

  1. Russian · derived fromСтроганов m
  2. French · borrowed fromStroganoff
  3. English todayStroganoff

Unadapted borrowing from French Stroganoff, from Russian Строганов m (Stroganov) (also Строганова f (Stroganova)).

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