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Yiddish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German vette. Compare German Fett.
Pronunciation
Noun
פֿעטס • (fets) n
- fat
- Synonym: שמאַלץ (shmalts)
- grease
- Synonyms: שמאַלץ (shmalts), שמירעכץ (shmirekhts), שמירייל (shmireyl)
Derived terms
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “fat”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN