Meanings
noungoulash (countable and uncountable, plural goulashes)
plural goulashes · alternative gulyas · alternative gulasch · alternative goulasch · alternative gulash
- countableuncountablebridgeA style of play in which the cards are not thoroughly shuffled between consecutive deals, so as to make the suits less evenly distributed between the players.
- countableuncountableA hodgepodge, mishmash
While people do not flaunt their preferences, there is also no attempt to hide the facts. One man, who had worked with the collective for three months, could not divide the group by sexuality. "It seems like a goulash of gays, straights, bi's but you can't tell who's who, or what's what."
1978 February 4, Eric Rogers, “Men And Child Care”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 30, page 9
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of American chop suey.
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Origin
- Hungariangulyás“herdsman”
- Frenchgoulasch
- Englishgoulash
From French goulasch, itself from Hungarian gulyás (“herdsman”), an ellipsis of gulyáshús (“herdsman meat”), gulyásétel (“herdsman food”), and/or gulyástokány (“herdsman stew”). First attested in English in 1866. Doublet of gulyás.
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Afrikaans goelasj
- goelasja stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Arabic غُولَاش
- غُولَاش (ḡūlāš)a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Bulgarian гула́ш
- гула́ш (guláš)a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Chinese Mandarin 古拉什
- 古拉什 (gǔlāshí)a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Czech guláš
- guláša stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Danish gullasch
- gullascha stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Dutch goulash, goelasj
- goulasha stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
- goelasja stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Estonian guljašš
- guljašša stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Finnish gulassi
- gulassia stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
French goulash, goulache
- goulasha stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
- goulachea stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
German Gulasch
- Gulascha stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Greek γκούλας
- γκούλας (gkoúlas)a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Hebrew גולאש \ גּוּלָשׁ
- גולאש \ גּוּלָשׁ (gúlash)a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Hindi गुलाश
- गुलाश (gulāś)a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Hungarian paprikás pörkölt (distinct from gulyás)
- paprikás pörkölt (distinct from gulyás)a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Icelandic gúllas
- gúllasa stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Irish gúláis
- gúláisa stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Italian gulasch, stufato
- gulascha stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
- stufatoa stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Japanese グヤーシュ, グーラーシュ
- グヤーシュ (guyāshu)a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
- グーラーシュ (gūrāshu)a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
- グラッシュ (gurasshu)a style of bridge play
Korean 구야시
- 구야시 (guyasi)a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Latvian gulašs
- gulašsa stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Lithuanian guliašas
- guliašasa stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Norwegian Bokmål gulasj
- gulasja stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Polish gulasz, gulasz
- gulasza stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
- gulasza style of bridge play
Portuguese goulash, gulache
- goulasha stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
- gulachea stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
- gulyása stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Romanian gulaș
- gulașa stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Russian гуля́ш
- гуля́ш (guljáš)a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Slovak guláš, guľáš
- guláša stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
- guľáša stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Spanish gulasch, goulash
- gulascha stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
- goulasha stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Swedish gulasch
- gulascha stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Thai กูยาช
- กูยาชa stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Turkish gulaş
- gulaşa stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Ukrainian гуля́ш
- гуля́ш (huljáš)a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Welsh gwlash
- gwlasha stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Yiddish גולאַש
- גולאַש (gulash)a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with goulash
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