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pilaf

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolpilaf
Françaispilaf
DeutschPilaw
32 more languages
العربيةبِيلَاو
Azərbaycan diliaşplov
Българскипилаф
বাংলাপোলাও
Češtinapilaf
Ελληνικάπιλάφι
Suomipilahvi
हिन्दीपुलाव
Հայերենեղինձփլավ
Italianopilaf
日本語ピラフ
ქართულიფლავი
Қазақ тіліПалау
Kurdîaşpilafpilavpilaw
Кыргызчапалоо
Македонскипилаф
Nederlandspilaff
ਪੰਜਾਬੀپلاؤਪੁਲਾਉ
Polskipilaw
پښتوپلو
Portuguêspilafpilafe
Românăpilaf
Русскийпила́вплов
Shqippilaf
Kiswahilipilau
Тоҷикӣпалав
Türkçepilav
O'zbekchaoshpalov

Examples

“My spirits rose as I passed among the tents and savored the aroma of steaming pots of pilaf and the long skewers of shashlyk roasting over the open⟳ fires.”
“Charlie Vaughn, the tribal chairman, dismissed his critics at the opening as people who are "eating tofu and pilaf and sitting in Phoenix with their plasma-screen TVs".”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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