goulash

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika.
2. (Midwestern-US, countable, uncountable) Synonym of American chop suey.
3. (countable, uncountable) A 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.
4. (countable, uncountable) A hodgepodge, mishmash

Synonyms

Hungarian goulash

gulyas

ragout

porkholt

Translations

goulash

goulash

Gulasch

goulash

gulasch

goulache

gulaş

gulash

goulasch

gulasch

Macarların tas kebabı

gulasch

γκούλας

στιφάδο με κοκκινοπίπερο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡuː.læʃ/

Etymology

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 1866.