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schnitzel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈʃnɪts(ə)l/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Schnitzel (“cutlet”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A dish consisting of fried veal cutlet.
   • There are, of course, many other types of Schnitzels and related veal specialties. 1977, Eugene Fodor, editor, Fodor's Austria, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 76:
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) A Germanic dish of breaded and deep-fried meat cutlet.
3. (countable) A cutlet from this dish.
   • But instead of cutting the tenderloin crosswise into medallions, we halve it lengthwise, then cut each half crosswise. This creates pieces that are easy to pound into evenly thick cutlets. […] The schnitzel are delicious with just a squeeze of lemon, or try them sandwiched, with baby arugula, in warm, crusty rolls slathered with a garlicky mayonnaise. 2018 October 16, Christopher Kimball, “Pork Schnitzel”, in Milk Street Tuesday Nights […], New York, N.Y.: Voracious, →ISBN:
   • Repeat, adding more oil to the pan as needed, until all the schnitzel are cooked. 1997, “Wiener Schnitzel”, in Joy of Cooking, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, page 684, column 1:
   • Lightly dust one schnitzel in the flour, submerge it in the egg replacer mixture and bread it in the bread crumbs, patting the bread crumbs onto the surface of the schnitzel with your dry hand. […] Continue until all of the schnitzel are breaded and fried. 2018 April 17, Michael Abramson, “Chick*n Schnitzel”, in From the Kitchens of YamChops North America’s Original Vegan Butcher Shop […], Salem, Mass.: Page Street Publishing Co., →ISBN:

Forms

Coordinates

katsu

Deriveds

schnitzely · schnitzel Holstein

Translations (37)

fi vasikanleike (a meat dish) · ja シュニッツェル (a meat dish) · az шницел (a meat dish) · mi kikokōripi (a meat dish) · lt šnicelis (a meat dish) · kk шницель (a meat dish) · ko 슈니첼 (a meat dish) · cmn 炸肉片 (a meat dish) · ar شْنِيتْزَل (a meat dish) · cs řízek (a meat dish) · bg шни́цел (a meat dish) · de (paniertes) Schnitzel (a meat dish) · cmn 炸肉排 (a meat dish) · fr schnitzel (a meat dish) · fa شنیتسل (a meat dish) · pl sznycel (a meat dish) · sh šnicl (a meat dish) · es milanesa (a meat dish) · gag şniţel (a meat dish) · ro șnițel (a meat dish) · it milanesa (a meat dish) · uk шні́цель (a meat dish) · yi שניצל (a meat dish) · sh шницла (a meat dish) · cs šnycl (a meat dish) · he שְׁנִיצֶל (a meat dish) · da schnitzel (a meat dish) · sh шницл (a meat dish) · mk шни́цла (a meat dish) · pt schnitzel (a meat dish) · be шні́цаль (a meat dish) · hi श्नित्सल (a meat dish) · tr şnitzel (a meat dish) · sv schnitzel (a meat dish) · sh šnicla (a meat dish) · ru шни́цель (a meat dish) · nl schnitzel (a meat dish)