gefilte fish

See also: gefiltefish

English

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Etymology

Yiddish געפֿילטע פֿיש‎ (gefilte fish, “stuffed fish”), from געפֿילט‎ (gefilt, “stuffed”), from Old High German. (Compare German gefüllter (“stuffed”) + Fisch (“fish”).)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈfɪltə fɪʃ/

Noun

gefilte fish (uncountable)

  1. A dish of stuffed fish, or of fish cakes in broth.
    • 2011 Jan/Feb, Sally Schloss, “The Goose Girl”, in Moment‎, volume 36, number 1, page 49:
      Today you will shop for me. Tonight we will have gefilte fish.
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