Dictionary

goulash en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡuː.lɑːʃ/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɡuː.læʃ/ (UK)

Etymology

From French goulasch, itself from Hungarian gulyás (“herdsman”), an ellipsis of gulyáshús (“herdsman meat”), gulyásétel (“herdsman food”), and/or gulyástokány (“herdsman stew”). First attested in English 1866.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika.
2. (Midwestern-US, countable, uncountable) Synonym of American chop suey.
3. (countable, uncountable) A style of play in which the cards are not thoroughly shuffled between consecutive deals, so as to make the suits less evenly distributed between the players.
4. (countable, uncountable) A hodgepodge, mishmash
   • While people do not flaunt their preferences, there is also no attempt to hide the facts. One man, who had worked with the collective for three months, could not divide the group by sexuality. "It seems like a goulash of gays, straights, bi's but you can't tell who's who, or what's what." 1978 February 4, Eric Rogers, “Men And Child Care”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 30, page 9:

Forms

Deriveds

goulash communism · American goulash

Synonyms

American chop suey

Translations (62)

hu paprikás pörkölt (distinct from gulyás) (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · pt gulyás (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · et guljašš (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · be гуля́ш (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · hi गुलाश (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · sl golaž (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · sv gulasch (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · ga gúláis (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · cy gwlash (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · hy գուլյաշ (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · th กูยาช (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · tr gulaş (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · af goelasj (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · sk guľáš (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · he גולאש \ גּוּלָשׁ (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · nn gulasj (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · ko 구야시 (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · pt gulache (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · ja グーラーシュ (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · ro gulaș (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · pl gulasz (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · yi גולאַש (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · it stufato (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · da gullasch (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · sh гу̏ла̄ш (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · ar غُولَاش (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · it gulasch (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · lv gulašs (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · rue ґу́ляш (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · sq gullash (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · ja グラッシュ (a style of bridge play) · el γκούλας (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · uz gulyash (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · ru гуля́ш (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · sk guláš (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · pt goulash (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · mk гулаш (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · pl gulasz (a style of bridge play) · io gulyasho (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · es gulasch (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · cs guláš (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · nb gulasj (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · lt guliašas (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · fo gullasj (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · nl goulash (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · uk гуля́ш (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · bg гула́ш (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · fr goulash (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · fr goulache (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · ja グヤーシュ (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · kk гуляш (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · sh gȕlāš (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · is gúllas (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · fi gulassi (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · cmn 古拉什 (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · rsk ґулаш (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · fa-ira گویاش (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · nl goelasj (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · de Gulasch (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · ky гуляш (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · ka გულიაში (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) · es goulash (a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream)

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