borscht

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UK/bɔːʃt//bɔɹʃt/

noun

A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.

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Meanings

borscht1

nounborscht (countable and uncountable, plural borschts)

plural borschts · alternative borsch · alternative borschtsch · alternative borsh · alternative borshch · alternative borsht · alternative bortsch

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

BORSCHT2

nounBORSCHT (uncountable)
  1. 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

Similar

nouna Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ukrainianборщ
  2. Yiddishבאָרשט
  3. Englishborscht

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

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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
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APA

borscht. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borscht

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“borscht.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borscht. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “borscht,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borscht.

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