paprikash

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noun

A Hungarian dish resembling goulash (a paprika-based potato stew), but without potatoes and using meat instead, often chicken and sometimes veal.

OriginHungarian paprikás →
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Meanings

nounpaprikash (usually uncountable, plural paprikashes)

plural paprikashes · alternative paprikas

  1. uncountableusuallyA Hungarian dish resembling goulash (a paprika-based potato stew), but without potatoes and using meat instead, often chicken and sometimes veal.

Origin

  1. Hungarianpaprikás
  2. Englishpaprikash

From Hungarian paprikás, from paprika, whence also English paprika.

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Translations

Czech paprikáš
  • paprikášpaprika-based meat stew
Hungarian paprikás
  • paprikáspaprika-based meat stew
Polish paprykarz
  • paprykarzpaprika-based meat stew
Romanian papricaș
  • papricașpaprika-based meat stew
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APA

paprikash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paprikash

MLA

“paprikash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paprikash. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paprikash,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paprikash.

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