frankfurter

See also: Frankfurter

English

A frankfurter on a bun.

Etymology

From German Frankfurter, the adjectival form of Frankfurt. Specifically, a reference to Frankfurt-am-Main.

Noun

frankfurter (plural frankfurters)

1. (UK, US, Canada) A moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry.

Synonyms

• (type of sausage): coney island, Coney Island, frank, frankfurt (Australia), hot dog, tube steak, wiener

Derived terms

• -furter
• chickenfurter
• shrimpfurter

Translations

type of sausage — see wiener

type of sausage — see Vienna sausage

See also

• sav
• savaloy