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pierogi

pierogi

2 6.5
A dumpling from Eastern Europe filled with potatoes or cheese
  • noun
  • /pɪˈroʊɡi/
translation icon : pierogi
  • The restaurant specializes in traditional Eastern European dishes, including pierogi.
  • pierogi and kielbasa
  • Polish pierogi
  • pierogi and borscht

Examples

  • And now, she crimps the pierogi, her fingers remembering with ease what they learned so clumsily long ago.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • And after that, join us for the pierogi eating--

  • So this is what we're going to put into oh, here we go the little pierogi shells.

  • Hanka went out with her friends, but there should be some pierogi.

  • Her first job as a child was to fish pierogi out of the boiling water with a long slotted spoon.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • She used to work a sharp nut chopper over them, and the pierogi filling turned dark and juicy.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • She pinches, stretches, and turns the edges of dough with one hand while the pierogi rotates in the other.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • She made delicious pierogi filled with potatoes and cheese for dinner.

  • On Sundays, we often gather to enjoy homemade pierogi with various fillings.

Synonyms

dumpling
vspierogi
41 1.8

A small piece of dough, plain or filled, cooked and eaten, often in soup

is a regional variety from Eastern or Central Europe with typical savory fillings

How Filling

empanada
7 3.2
pierogi
2 6.5
momo
1 4.2
dumpling
41 1.8
snack
471 1.0

Surface Forms

pierogi singular
pierogies plural

Etymology

The word pierogi comes from Polish pieróg and from an old Slavic word pir meaning 'feast'. These dumplings were often made for special or family meals, so the name reminds us they are food for gatherings.