pierogi
pierogi Lexical Profile
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• noun
A semicircular dough dumpling stuffed with a savory or sweet filling, such as mashed potatoes, cheese, meat, sauerkraut, or fruit, traditionally associated with Polish and other Central or Eastern European cuisines.
"We spent the entire afternoon pinching the edges of the dough to make hundreds of potato and cheese pierogi for the holiday dinner."
Word Nuance & Usage
In Polish, 'pierogi' is grammatically plural (the singular is 'pieróg'), but in English, it is frequently treated as a singular collective noun or a singular unit, leading to the widely accepted Anglicized plural 'pierogies'.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Polish 'pierogi', the plural form of 'pieróg' (dumpling), which derives from Proto-Slavic '*pirъ', meaning 'feast' or 'banquet'.
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