bigos

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noun

A traditional Polish stew containing cabbage and meat

OriginPolish bigos ← German Beiguss ← Middle High German bī →
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Meanings

nounbigos (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA traditional Polish stew containing cabbage and meat

    I bombarded him with questions about his history with bigos.

    2008 February 27, Alex Witchel, “A Stew With a Past and a Future”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  5. Proto-Germanic*bi
  6. Proto-West Germanic*bī
  7. Old High Germanbī
  8. Middle High Germanbī
  9. Germanbei
  10. Germanbei-
  11. GermanGuss
  12. GermanBeiguss
  13. Polishbigos
  14. Englishbigos

Borrowed from Polish bigos.

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Translations

Polish bigos
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Cite this entry
APA

bigos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bigos

MLA

“bigos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bigos. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bigos,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bigos.

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