שרימפּ

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shrimp.

Noun

שרימפּ • (shrimp) m, plural שרימפּן (shrimpn)

1. (US) shrimp (decapod crustacean)

   Synonyms: קרעוועטקע (krevetke), ראַקל (rakl), קרעוועט (krevet), (Germanism) גאַרנעלע (garnele)

References

• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “שרימפּ”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN