borscht

See also: Borscht and BORSCHT

English

borscht

Alternative forms

borsch, borshch, borsht, borschtsch, bortsch (sometimes considered misspellings)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɔːʃt/
IPA^(key): /bɔɹʃt/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ʃt

Noun

borscht (countable and uncountable, plural borschts)

A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream.
Any similar sour soup made of other ingredients such as sorrel, cabbage, hogweed

Synonyms

barszcz

Derived terms

cheap as borscht / cheap like borscht
Borscht Belt

Translations

beetroot soup

Albanian: borsh m
Arabic: بُرْش‎ m (borš), بُرْش‎ m (burš)
Armenian: բորշչ (hy) (borščʿ)
Azerbaijani: borş
Belarusian: боршч m (boršč)
Bengali: বোর্শ (borśô)
Bulgarian: борш m (borš)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 羅宋湯, 罗宋汤 (lo⁴ sung³ tong¹)
Mandarin: 羅宋湯／罗宋汤 (zh) (Luósòng-tāng)
Czech: boršč m
Danish: borsjtj c
Dutch: borsjt m, borsjtsj (nl) m, borscht m
Esperanto: barĉo (eo)
Estonian: borš (et)
Finnish: borssi (fi)
French: bortsch (fr) m, borsch (fr) m
Georgian: ბორში (borši)
German: Borschtsch (de) m
Greek: μπορς (el) (bors)
Hebrew: חֲמִיצָה‎ (he) f (khamitza)
Hindi: बोर्स्ट (borsṭ), बोर्ष्ट (borṣṭ)
Hungarian: borscs (hu)
Hutterisch: Roen soupen
Indonesian: borsch
Italian: boršč m
Japanese: ボルシチ (ja) (borushichi)
Kazakh: борщ (borşş)
Korean: 보르시 (ko) (boreusi)
Kyrgyz: борщ (ky) (borşç)
Latvian: borščs
Lithuanian: barščiai
Macedonian: боршч (mk) m (boršč)
Mongolian: борщ (boršč)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: borsjtsj c
Persian: برش‎ (fa) (borš)
Polish: barszcz (pl) m, barszcz czerwony (pl) m
Portuguese: borscht m, borsch (pt) m
Romanian: borș (ro) n
Russian: борщ (ru) m (boršč)
Rusyn: борщ m (boršč)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бо̏ршч m
Roman: bȍršč (sh) m
Slovak: boršč m
Slovene: boršč m
Spanish: borscht m, borshch m
Swedish: borsjtj (sv)
Tajik: борш (borš), карамшӯрбо (karamšürbo)
Turkish: borş (tr)
Turkmen: borş (tk)
Ukrainian: борщ (uk) m (boršč)
Uzbek: borsh
Vilamovian: bość
Yiddish: באָרשט‎ m (borsht)

Anagrams

bortsch