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Meaning of pilaf | Babel Free

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

العربية بِيلَاو
Azərbaycanca plov
Български пилаф
বাংলা পোলাও
Bosanski as pilav plȏv пилав пло̑в
Čeština pilaf
Deutsch Pilaw
Ελληνικά πιλάφι
Español pilaf
Suomi pilahvi
Français pilaf
हिन्दी पुलाव
Hrvatski as pilav plȏv пилав пло̑в
Հայերեն եղինձ փլավ
Italiano pilaf
日本語 ピラフ
ქართული ფლავი
Қазақша Палау
한국어 플로프 필라프
Kurdî pilaf pilav pilaw
Кыргызча палоо
Македонски пилаф
Nederlands pilaff
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ پلاؤ ਪੁਲਾਉ
Polski pilaw
پښتو پلو
Português pilaf pilafe
Română pilaf
Русский пила́в плов
Shqip pilaf
Српски as pilav plȏv пилав пло̑в
Kiswahili pilau
Тоҷикӣ палав
Türkçe pilav
Oʻzbekcha osh palov

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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