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Yiddish
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Slovak praženica or dialectal Polish prażenica, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pražiti (“to fry, to roast”) + ־ניצע (-nitse).
Pronunciation
Noun
פּרעזשעניצע • (prezhenitse) f, plural פּרעזשעניצעס (prezhenitses)
- omelette, omelet
- Synonyms: אָמלעט (omlet), פֿײַנקוכן (faynkukhn)
- scrambled eggs
- Synonyms: יאַיִטשניצע (yaitshnitse), אייערשפּײַז (eyershpayz)
Derived terms
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “פּרעזשעניצע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “omelet”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN