Meanings
nounkeftedes sg or pl
- pluralsingularA Greek dish of meatballs, similar to koftas.
Serve the keftedes as soon as they’re cooked, with the salad and some pickled green chillies on the side.
2017, Tom Kerridge, “Keftedes with parsley and lemon salad”, in Tom Kerridge’s Dopamine Diet: My Low Carb, Stay-Happy Way to Lose Weight, London: Absolute Press, →ISBN, “Minced Meat Dishes” section, page 1491 more example
The cook comes out to join us after we’ve been served with large quantities of keftedes, tyropites, cheese, salad, fish, steak, melon and probably other plates which slipped by me unnoticed.
1982, George Galt, “A Benefactor”, in Trailing Pythagoras, Dunvegan, Ont.: Quadrant Editions, →ISBN, page 59
Origin
- Greekκεφτέδες
- Englishkeftedes
Borrowed from Greek κεφτέδες (keftédes).
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Greek κεφτέδες
- κεφτέδες (keftédes)Translations
Russian кефтедес
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