Meanings
borscht1
plural borschts · alternative borsch · alternative borschtsch · alternative borsh · alternative borshch · alternative borsht · alternative bortsch
- countableuncountableA beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.
BORSCHT2
- abbreviationacronymuncountablecommunicationsAcronym of battery feed, overvoltage protection, ringing, signalling, coding, hybrid, test (“the set of functions performed by a subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC) in the line card of a telecommunication system providing plain old telephone service”).
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic بُرْش, بُرْش
- بُرْش (borš)beetroot soup
- بُرْش (burš)beetroot soup
Bengali বোর্শ
- বোর্শ (bōrśo)beetroot soup
Bulgarian борш
- борш (borš)beetroot soup
Chinese Cantonese 羅宋湯 /罗宋汤
- 羅宋湯 /罗宋汤beetroot soup
Chinese Mandarin 羅宋湯 /罗宋汤
- 羅宋湯 /罗宋汤 (Luósòng-tāng)beetroot soup
Czech boršč
- borščbeetroot soup
Danish borsjtj
- borsjtjbeetroot soup
Dutch borsjtsj
- borsjtsjbeetroot soup
Esperanto barĉo
- barĉobeetroot soup
Estonian borš
- boršbeetroot soup
Finnish borssi
- borssibeetroot soup
French bortsch, borsch
- bortschbeetroot soup
- borschbeetroot soup
German Borschtsch
- Borschtschbeetroot soup
Greek μπορς
- μπορς (bors)beetroot soup
Hebrew חֲמִיצָה
- חֲמִיצָה (khamitza)beetroot soup
Hindi बोर्स्ट, बोर्ष्ट
- बोर्स्ट (borsṭ)beetroot soup
- बोर्ष्ट (borṣṭ)beetroot soup
Hungarian borscs
- borscsbeetroot soup
Indonesian borsch
- borschbeetroot soup
Italian boršč
- borščbeetroot soup
Japanese ボルシチ
- ボルシチ (borushichi)beetroot soup
Korean 보르시
- 보르시 (boreusi)beetroot soup
Latvian borščs
- borščsbeetroot soup
Lithuanian barščiai
- barščiaibeetroot soup
Norwegian Bokmål borsjtsj
- borsjtsjbeetroot soup
Persian برش
- برش (borš)beetroot soup
Polish barszcz, barszcz czerwony
- barszczbeetroot soup
- barszcz czerwonybeetroot soup
Portuguese borscht, borsch
- borschtbeetroot soup
- borschbeetroot soup
Romanian borș
- borșbeetroot soup
Russian борщ
- борщ (boršč)beetroot soup
Slovak boršč
- borščbeetroot soup
Spanish borscht, borshch
- borschtbeetroot soup
- borshchbeetroot soup
Swedish borsjtj
- borsjtjbeetroot soup
Turkish borş
- borşbeetroot soup
Ukrainian борщ
- борщ (boršč)beetroot soup
Yiddish באָרשט
- באָרשט (borsht)beetroot soup
Cite this entry
borscht. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borscht
“borscht.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borscht. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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