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Meaning of Porridge | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈpɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ

Definitions

  1. A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
    uncountable, usually
  2. Oat porridge; oatmeal.
    British, uncountable, usually
  3. Rice porridge; congee.
    Malaysia, Singapore, uncountable, usually
  4. A prison sentence.
    British, slang, uncountable, usually
  5. A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.
    rare, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Afrikaans pap
العربية العصيدة بليلة ثريد عصيدة
Azərbaycanca sıyıq
Беларуская каша
Български каша
Bosanski kačo kasa kasa kaše kose kose kose papa pasat puder puls каша
Català farinetes
Čeština kaše
Cymraeg uwd
Dansk grød
Deutsch Brei Haferbrei Koch
Ελληνικά κουάκερ χυλός
Esperanto kaco
Español gachas papilla puches
Eesti puder
فارسی حریره
Suomi huttu kakku puuro
Français bouillie gruau porridge
Gaeilge leite
Gàidhlig brochan lite
Galego papa papas
עברית דייסה
हिन्दी दलिया
Hrvatski kačo kasa kasa kaše kose kose kose papa pasat puder puls каша
Magyar kása
Հայերեն շիլա
Bahasa Indonesia aci bubur
Italiano pappa d'avena porridge zuppa d'avena
日本語 ポリッジ 粥 雑炊
ქართული ფაფა
Қазақша ботқа
ខ្មែរ បបរ
한국어 포리지
Kurdî kase kose papa
Кыргызча ботко
Latina pappa puls
Lietuvių košė
Latviešu putra
Te Reo Māori pāreti
Македонски каша
മലയാളം കഞ്ഞി
Монгол будаа
Bahasa Melayu bubur
Nederlands pap
Polski kasza kaszany odsiadka owsianka
Português mingau papa
Română păsat terci
Русский каша овсянка
Ikinyarwanda umutsima
Slovenčina kaša
Српски kačo kasa kasa kaše kose kose kose papa pasat puder puls каша
Svenska grot
Kiswahili uji
తెలుగు అంబలి
Tagalog lugaw
Setswana bogobe
Türkçe aside
Українська каша
Tiếng Việt cháo
IsiXhosa ipapa

Examples

“Eat your porridge while it's hot!”
“There were rumours, new rumours every morning, delightful and outrageous rumours, so that the lumps in the porridge were swallowed without comment and the fish-cakes were eaten without contumely.”
“Just do your porridge and keep your head down.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

porridge belly porridge drawer porridge pot porridge time porridge-stick porrigo

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