פֿריקאַדעלקע

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фрикаде́лька (frikadɛ́lʹka). By surface analysis, פֿריקאַדעל (frikadel) +‎ ־קע (-ke).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frɪkaˈdɛʎkə/, /frɪkaˈdɛɫkə/

Noun

פֿריקאַדעלקע • (frikadelke) f, plural פֿריקאַדעלקעס (frikadelkes)

1. (cooking) frikadelle (fried flattened meatball)

   Synonym: פֿריקאַדעל (frikadel)

2. (South Africa, cooking) frikkadel (traditional Afrikaner dish of said meatballs)

   Synonym: פֿריקאַדעל (frikadel)

Usage notes

• The CEYD (perhaps erroneously) only attests the second sense.

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “frikkadel”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN