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English-Hungarian Culinary Dictionary

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Excerpted from Food Wine Budapest (Little Bookroom, 2008) by Carolyn Bรกnfalvi.
Copyright ยฉ 2008 Carolyn Bรกnfalvi. All Rights Reserved.

See the Hungarian-English Dictionary here.


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A

acacia honey: akรกcmรฉz; also called Black Locust in America

alcohol-free: alkoholmentes

alfalfa: lucerna

allspice: szegfลฑbors

almond: mandula

anchovy: szardella

anise: รกnizs

appetizers: elล‘รฉtelek

apple: alma

apple pie: almรกs pite; two layers of crust stuffed with apple (and often walnut) filling, served in squares rather than wedges

apricot: barack, kajszibarack, and sรกrgabarack

artichoke: articsรณka

arugula: rukkola

asparagus: spรกrga

aubergine: padlizsรกn

avocado: avokรกdรณ

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B

bacon: szalonna; see also abรกlt szalonna, csรกszรกrszalonna, erdรฉlyi szalonna, fokhagymรกs szalonna, fล‘tt szalonna, hรกzi szalonna, hรฉdervรกri szalonna, kenyรฉrszalonna, kolozsvรกri szalonna, sรผlt szalonna, and zsรญrszalonna

baked goods: pรฉksรผtemรฉny

baker: pรฉkmester

bakery: pรฉksรฉg

baking powder: sรผtล‘por

banana: banรกn

bar: kocsma (pub), sรถrรถzล‘ (beer hall), bรกr (bar), borozรณ (wine bar), kert or romkert (open-air bar)

barbecued meat: flekken; usually pork

barley: รกrpagyรถngy or รกrpa

barrel: hordรณ

Bartlett pear: vilmos kรถrte

basil: bazsalikom

Bavarian bread: bajor kenyรฉr

bay leaf: babรฉrlevรฉl

bean: bab; see also zรถldbab (green bean/French bean), szรกrazbab (dried bean) or tarkabab

bean gulyรกs: babgulyรกs

bean soup: Jรณkai-bableves is the most common variety. Named for writer Mรณr Jรณkai, itโ€™s a hearty soup made with fresh or dried shell beans, smoked pork knuckle, vegetables, csipetke, and flavored with vinegar and sour cream.

bรฉchamel sauce: besamelmรกrtรกs

beef: marha

beefsteak tartare: tatรกr bifsztek

beef tenderloin: bรฉlszรญn

beer: sรถr; see also alkalmi sรถrkรผlรถnlegessรฉg, รกszok, bak, barna sรถr, bรบzasรถr, fรฉlbarna sรถr, pilzeni, rozssรถr, and vilรกgos sรถr

beetroot: cรฉkla

bilberry: รกfonya or fekete รกfonya

bill: szรกmla

biscuit: keksz or pogรกcsa

bitter: keserลฑ

blackberry: szeder

black chanterelle: trombitagomba

black cod: fekete tล‘kehal

Black Forest cake/gateau: fekete erdล‘ torta

Black Locust honey: akรกcmรฉz; also known as acacia honey

black pudding: vรฉres hurka

black radish: fekete retek

blood sausage: vรฉres hurka

black trumpet mushroom: trombitagomba

blueberry: รกfonya or fekete รกfonya

blue cheese: mรกrvรกnysajt

bluefin tuna: nagy tonhal

blue whiting: kรฉk tล‘kehal

bock beer: bak

boiled: fล‘tt

bone: csont

bone marrow: csontvelล‘, velล‘, or velล‘s csont

bone soup: csontleves; a broth made from bones and root vegetables (can also be used as stock)

borlotti beans: tarkabab

bottle: รผveg

bottled beer: รผveges sรถr

bottled wine: palackozott bor

brains: velล‘ or velล‘rรณzsa; velล‘ rรกntva (fried brains)

braised: pรกrolt (or steamed)

bran: korpa

brandy: pรกlinka (brandy distilled from fruit with no added sugar or alcohol); see also รกgyas pรกlinka, borpรกrlat, kisรผsti, szeszes ital, szilvรณrium, and tรถrkรถlypรกlinka

brawn: disznรณsajt

bread: kenyรฉr; see also bajor kenyรฉr, briรณs, bรบzakenyรฉr, diรณs kenyรฉr, fehรฉr kenyรฉr, fรฉlbarna kenyรฉr, kalรกcs, kifli, korpรกs kenyรฉr, krumplis kenyรฉr, kukoricรกs kenyรฉr, magos kenyรฉr, olajbogyรณs kenyรฉr, rozskenyรฉr, and zsemle

bread crumbs: zsemlemorzsa

bread dishes: see lรกngos, tรถki pompos, and zsรญros kenyรฉr

bread dumplings: zsemlegombรณc

bread roll: zsemle (round) or kifli (crescent shaped)

breakfast: reggeli

breast: mell

brewery: sรถrfล‘zde, sรถrgyรกr, or less frequently serfล‘zde

brick oven: kemence; kemencรฉs means cooked in the oven

brioche: briรณs

broth: lรฉ

brown rice: barna rizs

Brussels sprouts: kelbimbรณ

buffalo: bivaly

bulk wine: kannรกs bor

Bullโ€™s Blood: bikavรฉr

bunch: csomรณ

butcher: hentes

butcher shop: hรบs-hentesรกru

butter: vaj

buttermilk: รญrรณ

buttered potatoes: vajas burgonya

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C

cabbage: kรกposzta; see also kelkรกposzta, vรถrรถs kรกposzta, and kรญnai kel

cafรฉ: kรกvรฉhรกz; see also kรกvรฉzรณ and eszpresszรณ

cake: torta (usually refers to a layer cake); see also desserts, diรณtorta, dobostorta, Esterhรกzy-torta, fekete erdล‘ torta, Gerbeaud szelet, kardinรกlisszelet, Kugler csokolรกdรฉs mรกktortรกja, kuglรณf, linzertorta, lรบdlรกbtorta, meggyes piskรณta, mogyorรณtorta, orosz krรฉmtorta, puncstorta, Rรกkรณczi-tรบrรณs, Rigรณ Jancsi, Sacher-torta, sรกrgarรฉpatorta, Stefรกnia-torta, tรบrรณtorta, and vargabรฉles

candy: cukorka

canned food: konzerv

canned fruit: befล‘tt

cantaloupe: sรกrgadinnye or cukordinnye; also refers to honeydew melon

caper: kapribogyรณ

capon: kappan

caramel: karamell or grillรกzs

caraway: kรถmรฉny

caraway seed: kรถmรฉnymag

cardamom: kardamon

carnival: farsang

carob: szentjรกnoskenyรฉr

carp: ponty; a variety which is native to the Danube river system

carrot: sรกrgarรฉpa

carrot cake: sรกrgarรฉpatorta

catfish: harcsa; a scale-less fresh water which is also called European catfish, sheatfish, wels, or wels catfish

catfish stew: harcsapรถrkรถlt

cauldron: bogrรกcs

cauliflower: karfiol

caviar: kaviรกr

cellar: pince

cellar row: pincesor

celeriac/celery root: zellergyรถkรฉr or zeller

celery: zeller

cereal: mรผzli

challah bread: kalรกcs

champignon mushrooms: csiperke; such as button mushrooms and white mushrooms

chanterelle mushroom: sรกrga rรณkagomba

cheese: sajt; see also bryndza, ementรกli sajt, fรผstรถlt sajt, gรถcseji csemegesajt, gomolya, ilmici, juhsajt, juhtรบrรณ, karavรกn, kecskesajt, krรฉmsajt, lajta, mรกrvรกnysajt, รณvรกri, pรกlpusztai, Pannรณnia, tehรฉntรบrรณ, trappista, and tรบrรณ

cheesecake: tรบrรณtorta; made with curd cheese, often thickened with gelatin, and usually with a cake-like crust

chef: sรฉf or szakรกcs

cherry: cseresznye; also erdei meggy (wild cherry), meggy (sour cherry), fekete cseresznye (black cherry), and cigรกnymeggy (small cherries)

cherry pepper: cseresznyepaprika

chestnut: gesztenye

chestnut cake: gesztenyetorta; cake layers alternated with chestnut puree

chestnut honey: gesztenyemรฉz

chestnut purรฉe: gesztenyepรผrรฉ

chicken: csirke

chicken leg: csirkecomb

chicken paprikรกs: csirkepaprikรกs

chickpea: csicseriborsรณ

chicory (salad leaf): endรญvia

chili pepper: chilipaprika

chilled: hลฑtรถtt

chive: snidling or metรฉlล‘hagyma

chocolate: csokolรกdรฉ

cholent: sรณlet (a traditionally Jewish bean stew with additions like different types of smoked meats or boiled eggs)

chop: borda

Christmas: karรกcsony

cilantro: koriander

cinnamon: fahรฉj

clove: szegfลฑszeg

cocoa: kakaรณ

coconut: kรณkuszdiรณ

coconut milk: kรณkusztej

cod: tล‘kehal

coffee: kรกvรฉ (refers to espresso); see also amerikai kรกvรฉ, รrkรกdia-kรกvรฉ, dupla kรกvรฉ, eszpresszรณ, hosszรบ kรกvรฉ, รญr kรกvรฉ, jeges kรกvรฉ, Mรกria Terรฉzia-kรกvรฉ, mรฉlange, presszรณkรกvรฉ, rumos kรกvรฉ, tejeskรกvรฉ

coffee bean: babkรกvรฉ

coffee cake: kuglรณf; baked in a Bundt/Gugelhupf pan

coffee house: kรกvรฉhรกz

cold: hideg

cold plate: hidegtรกl; an assortment of sliced meats, cheeses, peppers, and tomatoes

confectioner: cukrรกsz

coriander: koriander

chicken soup: tyรบkhรบsleves; see also รšjhรกzy-tyรบkhรบsleves

cilantro: koriander

condensed milk: sลฑrรญtett tej

coriander: koriander

cork: dugรณ

corkscrew: dugรณhรบzรณ

corn: kukorica

cornmeal: puliszka; polenta or cornmeal porridge

country wine: tรกjbor; a low-grade table wine from a designated region

courgette: cukkini

cow: tehรฉn

cowโ€™s milk: tehรฉntej

crabapple: vadalma; a type that is native to Europe

cracklings: tรถpรถrtyลฑ or tepertล‘

cranberry: vรถrรถs รกfonya

cranberry beans: tarkabab

cream: tejszรญn (as in cream for coffee or whipping cream) or krรฉm (as in fillings for pastries and cakes)

cream cheese: krรฉmsajt

cress: zsรกzsa

crispy: ropogรณs

croquette (potato): krokett, burgonyakrokett, or burgonyafรกnk

crustacean: rรกk

cucumber: uborka or kรญgyรณuborka

curd cheese: tรบrรณ; tehรฉntรบrรณ (cowโ€™s milk) or juhtรบrรณ (sheepโ€™s milk); often translated as cottage cheese, but different than the cottage cheese found elsewhere; see also bryndza and Tรบrรณ Rudi

currant: ribizke or ribizli; fekete ribizli (black currant)

cutlet: borda

cuttlefish: szรฉpia

cuvรฉe: kรผvรฉ

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D

daikon: jรฉgretek

daily menu: napi รฉtlap

daily specials: napi ajรกnlat; napi ajรกnlatunk is โ€œour daily specialsโ€

dark beer: barna sรถr

dark chocolate: รฉtcsokolรกdรฉ

date: datolya

decaffinated: koffeinmentes

delicious: finom; fincsi is informal

dessert: รฉdessรฉg, desszert, or sรผtemรฉny (cakes, pastries, and cookies); see also aranygaluska, bejgli, cakes, csรกszรกrmorzsa, diรณs kifli, diรณtorta, dobostorta, Esterhรกzy-torta, fekete erdล‘ torta, flรณdni, franciakrรฉmes, Gerbeaud szelet, indiรกner, ischler, kapros tรบrรณs lepรฉny, kardinรกlisszelet, kรฉpviselล‘fรกnk, krรฉmes, Kugler csokolรกdรฉs mรกktortรกja, kuglรณf, kรผrtล‘skalรกcs, linzertorta, lรบdlรกbtorta, mรกkos guba, mรกkos kifli, meggyes piskรณta, mogyorรณtorta, orosz krรฉmtorta, palacsinta, pรกrna, pozsonyi kifli, puncstorta, Rรกkรณczi-tรบrรณs, Rigรณ Jancsi, Sacher-torta, sรกrgarรฉpatorta, somlรณi galuska, Stefรกnia-torta, tรกska, tortes, tรบrรณs lepรฉnyTรบrรณ Rudi, tรบrรณtorta. and vargabรฉles

devilled eggs: kaszinรณtojรกs

dill: kapor; kapros means flavored with dill

dishes: See bakonyi mรณdra, brassรณi aprรณpecsenye, Budapest bรฉlszรญn, cigรกnypecsenye, cordon bleu, Csรกky-rostรฉlyos, csรผlรถk pรฉknรฉ mรณdra, dorozsmai mรณdra, Esterhรกzy-rostรฉlyosfล‘tt marhahรบs, fล‘tt sonka, hagymรกs rostรฉlyos, hentes mรณdra, jรณasszony mรณdra, kacsasรผlt, Kedvessy-bรฉlszรญn, kolozsvรกri kรกposzta, libasรผlt, magyarosan, mรกtrai borzaska, pรกrizsi borjรบszelet, rรกcponty, rรกntott borjรบlรกb, rostรฉlyos, sรผlt csรผlรถk, szรฉkelykรกposzta, vadas mรณdra, and vasi pecsenye

distilled drink: pรกrlat; see also รกgyas pรกlinka, borpรกrlat, kisรผsti, pรกlinka, szeszes ital, szilvรณrium, tรถrkรถlypรกlinka

distillery: pรกlinkafล‘zde

double: dupla

double espresso: dupla kรกvรฉ

doughnut: fรกnk or farsangi fรกnk (carnival doughnuts)

draft beer: csapolt sรถr

dried: aszalt (as in dried fruit)

dried bean: szรกrazbab

dried fruit: aszalt gyรผmรถlcs

drinking hall: ivรณcsarnok; where spring water is sold by the glass or by the liter

drinking water: ivรณvรญz

drink menu: itallap

dry: szรกraz

duck: kacsa

dumpling: gombรณc can be sweet (see tรบrรณgombรณc) or savory; galuska or nokedli (better known as spaetzle) are flour dumplings eaten with stew; daragaluska are semolina dumplings; juhtรบrรณs galuska is a dish of dumplings served with sheep cheese; sztrapacska is a dish consisting of potato dumplings tossed in bacon drippings with sheep-milk curd cheese and bacon; szilvรกs gombรณc (plum dumplings) are made from potato dough and stuffed with plums and coated in bread crumbs.

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E

ear: fรผl

earthenware oven: kemence; kemencรฉs means cooked in the oven

Easter: hรบsvรฉt

eel: angolna

egg: tojรกs

eggplant: padlizsรกn

egg white: tojรกsfehรฉrje

egg yolk: tojรกssรกrgรกja

elderberry: bodza

elderflower: bodzavirรกg

Emmenthal cheese: ementรกli sajt

endive: endรญvia

enokitake mushroom: tรฉli fรผlล‘ke

espresso: eszpresszรณ; also refers to an informal place to drink coffee

estate (wine): birtok; (as in โ€œwine estateโ€)

European Cornel: som; a species of dogwood that produces fruit

European sprat: sprotni (similar to herring)

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F

fairy ring mushroom: szegfลฑgomba

family: csalรกdi

farmerโ€™s cheese: tรบrรณ; tehรฉntรบrรณ (cowโ€™s milk) or juhtรบrรณ (sheepโ€™s milk); often translated as cottage cheese, but different than the cottage cheese found elsewhere; see also bryndza and Tรบrรณ Rudi

fast-food restaurant: gyorsรฉtterem or gyorsbรผfรฉ

fennel: รฉdeskรถmรฉny

fermented cucumbers: kovรกszos uborka

field mushroom: rรฉti csiperke; also known as meadow mushroom

fig: fรผge

fillet: filรฉ

filter coffee: amerikai kรกvรฉ

filtered: szลฑrt

finest quality wine: kรผlรถnleges minล‘sรฉgลฑ bor

fish: hal

fishermanโ€™s soup: halรกszlรฉ; see also bajai halรกszlรฉ, dunai halรกszlรฉ, harcsa halรกszlรฉ, korhely halรกszlรฉ, ponty halรกszlรฉ, szegedi halรกszlรฉ, tiszai halรกszlรฉ, vegyes halรกszlรฉ

flavorful: pikรกns

floating islands: madรกrtej; cold dessert consisting of an egg custard topped with chunks of meringue

flour: liszt or finomliszt (all-purpose/plain flour)

foam: hab

foie gras: kacsamรกj (fattened duck liver) or libamรกj (fattened goose liver)

foot (veal): borjรบlรกb

frankfurter: virsli

fresh: friss

fried: rรกntva or rรกntott

fried cheese: rรกntott sajt

fried chicken: rรกntott csirke

fried potatoes: hasรกbburgonya or sรผlt burgonya

frizzante wine: gyรถngyรถzล‘ bor

frog legs: bรฉkacomb

fruit: gyรผmรถlcs

fruit cake: gyรผmรถlcskenyรฉr or pรผspรถkkenyรฉr (โ€œbishopโ€™s breadโ€)

fruit soup: gyรผmรถlcsleves

frying pan: serpenyล‘serpenyล‘s refers to a pan-fried dish

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G

game: vad or vadhรบs

garbanzo bean: csicseriborsรณ

garlic: fokhagyma

garnish: kรถret

gelatin: zselatin

gewรผrztraminer: tramini

ginger: gyรถmbรฉr

gizzard: zรบza

glass: pohรกr; in terms of beer, pohรกr refers to a 300 ml (10.1 ounces) glass of beer; see also kimรฉrt bor, korsรณ, pikolรณ

goat: kecske

goat cheese: kecskesajt

goose: liba

gooseberry: egres

goose liver: libamรกj

goulash: gulyรกs; see also babgulyรกs, birkagulyรกs, bogrรกcsgulyรกs, and gulyรกsleves

gourmet: รญnyenc

grape: szล‘lล‘

grapefruit: grรฉpfrรบt or citrancs

grated: reszelt

grease: zsรญr

greengage: ringlรณ; a type of sweet plum with light-green flesh and red or greenish-yellow skin

grilled: rostonsรผlt or roston

ground: ล‘rรถlt (refers to spices), darรกlt (refers to meat)

ground meat: darรกlt hรบs or vagdalt hรบs

grรผner veltliner: zรถldveltelini

guinea fowl: gyรถngytyรบk

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H

haddock: foltos tล‘kehal

hake: tengeri csuka

ham: sonka

ham and eggs: tรผkรถrtojรกs sonkรกval

hangover soup: korhelyleves; made from sauerkraut, smoked sausage, paprika, and sour cream

hard-boiled egg: kemรฉny tojรกs

hazelnut: mogyorรณ

hazelnut cake: mogyorรณtorta

head cheese: disznรณsajt

health food: reformkonyha

heart: szรญv

hectare: hektรกr; a unit of measurement that equals 10,000 square meters, 2.47 acres, or 107,639 square feet

hen: tyรบk or tyรบkhรบs

herb: fลฑszernรถvรฉny

herring: hering

hill: hegy

hock: kรถrรถm

home delivery: hรกzhoz szรกllรญtรกs

homemade: hรกzi

honey: mรฉz; mรฉzes is honey flavored

honey bread: mรฉzeskalรกcs; similar to ginger bread

honeycomb: lรฉpes mรฉz

honeydew melon: sรกrgadinnye; also refers to cantaloupe and can also be called cukordinnye or mรฉzdinnye

horse mushroom: kerti csiperke

horseradish: torma

hot: erล‘s or csรญpล‘s (as in spicy) or forrรณ (as in warm)

hot chocolate: forrรณ csokolรกdรฉ

hot dog: virsli

house wine: folyรณbor or kimรฉrt bor

Hungarian Grey cattle: szรผrke marha; an indigenous cattle breed that nearly died out

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I

ice cream: fagylalt

ice cube: jรฉgkocka

ice wine: jรฉgbor

iced coffee: jeges kรกvรฉ

icing sugar: porcukor

Irish cofee: รญr kรกvรฉ

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J

jam: รญzlekvรกr, or dzsem

Jerusalem artichoke: csicsรณka

juice (fruit): rostos รผdรญtล‘ or lรฉ

juniper: borรณka

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K

kale: kel or marhakรกposzta

kebab: saslik or rablรณhรบs

kefir: kefir; a fermented milk drink which originated in the Caucasus. Most commercially made kefir is like a more sour, thinner version of yogurt.

kidney: vese

kiwi: kivi

knuckle: csรผlรถk

kohlrabi: karalรกbรฉ

kosher: kรณser

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L

lady fingers: babapiskรณta

lager: รกszok

lamb: bรกrรกny or bรกrรกnyhรบs

lambโ€™s lettuce: madรกrsalรกta; also known as mรขche

lard: zsรญr

late-harvested: kรฉsล‘i szรผretelรฉsลฑ

latte: tejeskรกvรฉ (half espresso and half steamed milk)

lavender: levendula

layered: rakott

leek: pรณrรฉhagyma

leg cuts (of meat): comb

leg of lamb: bรกrรกnycomb

lemon: citrom

lentil: lencse

lettuce: salรกta or fejes salรกta

lights: szalontรผdล‘ or tรผdล‘

lime: zรถld citrom

lime blossom honey: hรกrsmรฉz; also known as linden or basswood honey

Liptauer: a spread made with curd cheese, paprika, and other spices; called kรถrรถzรถtt in Hungary

liqueur: likล‘r

liver: mรกj

liver dumpling: mรกjgombรณc; often added to hรบsleves

lobster: homรกr

long coffee: hosszรบ kรกvรฉ; espresso with hot water added

lovage: lestyรกn

low fat: zsรญrszegรฉny

lungs: szalontรผdล‘ or tรผdล‘

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M

mackerel: makrรฉla

mรขche: madรกrsalรกta; also known as lambโ€™s lettuce

made-to-order dishes: frissensรผltek

malt: malรกta

Mangalica pig: an indigenous Hungarian pig, prized for its tasty meat

maple syrup: juharszirup

marc brandy: tรถrkรถlypรกlinka; pรกlinka made from the residue left after pressing grapes (the Hungarian version of grappa)

margarine: margarin

marinated: pรกcolt

marjoram: majorรกnna

market: piaccsarnok (hall), or vรกsรกrcsarnok

marzipan: marcipรกn; sweetened almond paste

mashed potatoes: krumplipรผrรฉ

matzo: pรกszka or macesz

mayonnaise: majonรฉz

meat: hรบs

meat dishes: See bakonyi mรณdra, brassรณi aprรณpecsenye, Budapest bรฉlszรญn, cigรกnypecsenye, cordon bleu, Csรกky-rostรฉlyos, csรผlรถk pรฉknรฉ mรณdra, dorozsmai mรณdra, Esterhรกzy-rostรฉlyosfล‘tt marhahรบs, fล‘tt sonka, hagymรกs rostรฉlyos, hentes mรณdra, jรณasszony mรณdra, kacsasรผlt, Kedvessy-bรฉlszรญn, kolozsvรกri kรกposzta, libasรผlt magyarosan, mรกtrai borzaska, pรกrizsi borjรบszelet, rรกcponty, rรกntott borjรบlรกb, rostรฉlyos, sรผlt csรผlรถk, szรฉkelykรกposzta, vadas mรณdra, and vasi pecsenye

meat soup: hรบsleves; a consommรฉ, made by slowly simmering beef, bones, and vegetables

medium (cooking temperature): kรถzepesen รกtsรผtve

medlar: naspolya

mรฉlange: half espresso and half steamed milk

melon: dinnye

menu: รฉtlap

milk: tej

milk chocolate: tejcsokolรกdรฉ

milkweed honey: selyemfลฑmรฉz; also known as silkweed honey

minced meat: darรกlt hรบs or vagdalt hรบs

mineral water: รกsvรกnyvรญz; see also รกsvรกnyi anyaggal dรบsรญtott vรญz, szรฉnsavas, szรฉnsavmentes, termรฉszetes รกsvรกnyvรญz

mint: menta

mixed: vegyes

mixed flower honey: vegyes virรกgmรฉz

mixed salad: vegyes salรกta

molasses: melasz

monkfish: รถrdรถghal

morel mushroom: kucsmagomba

muesli: mรผzli

mulberry: fehรฉr eper

mulled wine: forralt bor

mรผller-thurgau: rizlingszilvรกni

muscat lunel: sรกrga muskotรกly

muscat ottonel: muskotรกly

mushroom: gomba; see also csiperke, gombafej, kerti csiperke, kucsmagomba, laskagomba, szegfลฑgomba, ล‘zlรกbgomba, rรฉti csiperke, sรกrga rรณkagomba, shiitake gomba, tรฉli fรผlล‘ke, trombitagomba, vargรกnya

mushroom examiner: gombavizsgรกlat

mussel: kagylรณ

mustard: mustรกr

mutton: birka, birkahรบs, juh (รผrรผ and berbรฉcs are old, lesser-used words)

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Napa cabbage: kinai kel; cabbage with long pale green leaves, also known as Chinese leaves or Peking cabbage

new garlic: รบjfokhagyma

new onion: รบjhagyma

new potato: รบjburgonya

new wine: รบjbor, or less frequently primล‘r

non-alcoholic beverage: รผdรญtล‘

nut: diรณ

nutmeg: szerecsendiรณ

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O

oak: tรถlgy

oat: zab

oatmeal: zabpehely

octopus: polip

offals: belsล‘sรฉg

oil: olaj

olive: olajbogyรณ or olรญva

olive oil: olรญvaolaj

omelet: omlett

onion: hagyma or vรถrรถshagyma; see also lila hagymaรบjhagyma, and zรถldhagyma

oregano: oregรกnรณ

organic: bio or รถko

orange: narancs

ostrich: strucc

ox: รถkรถr

ox tongue: marhanyelv

oyster: osztriga

oyster mushroom: laskagomba

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P

pale ale: vilรกgos sรถr

pancakes: palacsinta; see also csรบsztatott palacsinta (a layered palacsinta dessert), Gundel-palacsinta (walnut stuffed pancakes topped with chocolate sauce), and hortobรกgyi palacsinta (savory meat stuffed pancakes with paprika sour cream sauce)

paprika: either the red spice powder or any fresh or dried pepper (but not black pepper); see also almapaprika, chilipaprika, csemegepaprika, cseresznyepaprika, ecetes paprika, ร‰des Anna, รฉdesnemes paprika, Erล‘s Pista, fลฑszerpaprika, kรผlรถnleges paprika, lecsรณpaprika, Piros Arany, rรณzsapaprika, and tรถlteni valรณ paprika

parasol mushroom: ล‘zlรกbgomba

parfait: parfรฉ

parsley: petrezselyem; in Hungary flat-leaf or Italian is most commonly used

parsley root: petrezselyemgyรถkรฉr; also called Hamburg parsley or parsnip rooted parsley, which is common in Central Europe, but slightly different than the parsnip

partridge: fogoly

pasta: tรฉszta (can also refer to dough or pastry); see also cรฉrnametรฉlt, csigatรฉszta, csipetke, derelye, eperlevรฉl, grรกnรกtoskocka, kรกposztรกs kocka, kockatรฉszta, lebbencs, mรกkos tรฉszta, metรฉlt, tarhonya, and tรบrรณs csusza

pastries (savory): teasรผtemรฉny; see also sajtos rolรณ, sajtos rรบd

pastries (sweet): See dessert

pastry shop: cukrรกszda

pรขte: pรกstรฉtom

pattypan squash: patisszon

peach: ล‘szibarack

peanut: fรถldimogyorรณ or amerikai mogyorรณ

pear: kรถrte

peas: borsรณ; also cukorborsรณ (sugar pea, sugar snap pea), zรถldborsรณ (green pea), or sรกrgaborsรณ (yellow pea)

pepper: bors or fekete bors (the black pepper spice); fehรฉr bors (white pepper); paprika (any variety of bell pepper); see also paprika

petit four: mignon

phacelia honey: facรฉliamรฉz

pheasant: fรกcรกn

pickled: ecetes

pickled cucumber: csemegeuborka

pickled fish: ruszli

pickled vegetables (or fruit): savanyรบsรกg; see also csalamรกdรฉ

pie: pite; see also lepรฉny

piece: darab

pig slaughter: disznรณtor

pigeon: galamb

pike: csuka

pike perch: fogas; from Lake Balaton and its tributaries; from the Sander lucioperca family; also sometimes called zander (the German name); young pike perch is called sรผllล‘ or fogas sรผllล‘ (when it weighs between half a pound and two pounds)

pilsner: pilzeni or pils

pineapple: ananรกsz

pinot gris: szรผrkebarรกt

pinot noir: kisburgundi is the Hungarian name, but is rarely used

pistachio: pisztรกcia

plain: nature; in terms of meat it means simply dredged in flour and fried

plum: szilva

plum dumplings: szilvรกs gombรณc; potato dumplings stuffed with plums and coated in bread crumbs

poached: bevert

pomace brandy: tรถrkรถlypรกlinka; pรกlinka made from the residue left after pressing grapes (the Hungarian version of grappa)

poppy seed: mรกk

porcini mushroom: vargรกnya, sometimes called boletus or cรจpe

pork: sertรฉs or disznรณhรบs

pork belly: hasaalja

pork chop: sertรฉsborda

pork jelly: kocsonya; a mix of pig parts like feet, ears, and snouts, and extras like hard-boiled eggs, which are set in aspic made from rich meat consommรฉ that congeals when chilled

portugieser: acclimatized red grape variety, formerly called kรฉkoportรณ, and also known as blauer portugieser

potato: krumpli or burgonya

poultry: baromfi or szรกrnyas

powdered sugar: porcukor

pretzel: perec

produced by: termelte

prune: aszalt szilva

pub: kocsma, sรถrรถzล‘ (beer hall), bรกr (bar), borozรณ (wine bar), kert or romkert (open-air bar)

pudding: puding

puff pastry: leveles tรฉszta

pullet: jรฉrce

pumpkin: tรถk (or sรผtล‘tรถk); see also patisszon

pumpkin-seed oil: tรถkmagolaj

purรฉe: pรผrรฉ

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Q

quail: fรผrj

quail egg: fรผrjtojรกs

quality wine: minล‘sรฉgi bor

quince: birs; often called birsalma when itโ€™s shaped like an apple and birskรถrte when itโ€™s shaped like a pear

quince jelly: birsalmasajt

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R

rabbit: nyรบl

Racka sheep: racka juh; a Hungarian indigenous breed of sheep, also called the Hortobรกgy Racka

radish: retek

ragout: ragu

raisin: mazsola

ramp/ramson: medvehagyma

rape honey: repcemรฉz; more commonly known as canola in English

rare: angolosan

raspberry: mรกlna or erdei vadmรกlna (wild raspberry)

raw: nyers

raw milk (unpasteurized): nyers tej

raw sugar: nรกdcukor

ready-made dishes: kรฉszรฉtelek

red: piros or vรถrรถs

red cabbage: vรถrรถs kรกposzta

red onion: lila hagyma

red wine: vรถrรถsbor

reindeer: rรฉnszarvas

restaurant: csรกrda, รฉtkezde, รฉtterem, kifล‘zde, kisvendรฉglล‘, or vendรฉglล‘

Rhine riesling: rajnai rizling

rhubarb: rebarbara

ribs (beef and veal): oldalas

rice: rizs; see also barna rizs and rizibizi

rice pudding: tejberizs

ridge: dลฑlล‘

ripe: รฉrett

risotto: rizottรณ

roast beef: marhasรผlt

roasted: roston or sรผlt

rocket: rukkola

Romanesco broccoli: pagodakarfiol

rooster: kakas

root: gyรถkรฉr

rosรฉ: rozรฉ; see also siller

rosehip: csipkebogyรณ

rosemary: rozmaring

rรถszti potatoes: potatoes grated then fried or browned in the oven

roulade cake: bejgli; theyโ€™re long and stuffed with walnuts (diรณs bejgli) or poppy seeds (mรกkos bejgli)

roux: rรกntรกs

rudd: keszeg

Russian salad: franciasalรกta; called โ€œFrench saladโ€ in Hungary, itโ€™s a cold salad made of diced carrots, potatoes, corn, and peas in mayonnaise dressing

rye beer: rozssรถr

rye bread: rozskenyรฉr

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S

sabayon: borhab

saddle: gerinc

saddle of venison: ล‘zgerinc

saffron: sรกfrรกny

sage: zsรกlya

salad: salรกta; see also csalamรกdรฉ

salami: szalรกmi; see also tรฉliszalรกmi, Pick szalรกmi

salmon: lazac

salsify: fekete gyรถkรฉr; also known as Spanish salsify

salt: sรณ; sรณs (salty)

saltwater fish: tengeri hal

sandwich: szendvics

sardine: szardรญnia

sauce: mรกrtรกs

sauerkraut: savanyรบ kรกposzta or vecsรฉsi kรกposzta

sausage: kolbรกsz; see also csabai kolbรกsz, csรญpล‘s kolbรกsz, friss kolbรกsz, gyulai kolbรกsz, hurka, lรกngolt kolbรกsz, mรกjas hurka, szรกraz kolbรกsz, vastag kolbรกsz, vรฉres hurka, parasztsonka

sautรฉed: pirรญtott

savory: csombor or borsikafลฑ (an herb related to the mint family)

savory: sรณs; as in not sweet

Savoy cabbage: kelkรกposzta

scallion: zรถldhagyma

scone: pogรกcsa; savory, buttery biscuits in a variety of flavors; see also kรกposztรกs pogรกcsa, krumplis pogรกcsa, sajtos pogรกcsa, tepertล‘s pogรกcsa, tรบrรณs pogรกcsa, vajas pogรกcsa

scrambled eggs: rรกntotta

seasonal beer: alkalmi sรถrkรผlรถnlegessรฉg

seed: mag

selection: vรกlogatรกs

semi-dark beer: fรฉlbarna sรถr

semi-dry: fรฉlszรกraz

semi-sweet: fรฉlรฉdes

semolina: grรญz or dara

semolina dumplings: daragaluska

sesame seed: szezรกmmag

shallot: sonkahagyma or salottahagyma

sheepโ€™s milk cheese: juhsajt or juhtรบrรณ (curd cheese)

shell beans: tarkabab

shiitake mushroom: shiitake gomba

shop: bolt; small grocery store are also called รฉlelmiszer, csemege, or ABC

shot (of liquor): rรถvid

silkweed honey: selyemfลฑmรฉz; also known as milkweed honey

siller: a wine thatโ€™s lighter than red, but darker than rosรฉ with a winemaking process similar to rosรฉ, but the grape skins arenโ€™t removed and the fermentation process is longer. Siller has largely disappeared since it wasnโ€™t recognized as an official type of wine during Communism; itโ€™s low in alcohol and high in acidity

silver carp: busa

skewer: nyรกrs

skillet: serpenyล‘; serpenyล‘s refers to a skillet-cooked dish

skim milk: sovรกny tej

slice: szelet

sloe: kรถkรฉny; a wild European plum-like fruit that comes from the blackthorn

small: aprรณ; see also aprรณhรบs and aprรณpecsenye

smoked: fรผstรถlt

smoked bacon: fรผstรถlt szalonna

smoked cheese: fรผstรถlt sajt

smoking section: dohรกnyzรณ

snack: falatok (or bite)

snack bar: รฉtelbรกr or bรผfรฉ

snail: csiga; also refers to a round pastry with a swirl of poppy seeds or walnuts

soda water: szรณdavรญz

sorrel: sรณska

soufflรฉ: felfรบjt

soup: leves; see also borleves, csontleves, erล‘leves, halรกszlรฉ, hรบsleves, gyรผmรถlcsleves, Jรณkai-bableves, korhelyleves, orjaleves, palรณcleves, Pethes-leves, tyรบkhรบsleves, and รšjhรกzy-tyรบkhรบsleves

sour: savanyรบ

sour cherry: meggy

sour cream: tejfรถl

soybean: szรณjabab

soy sauce: szรณjaszรณsz

sparkling (water): szรฉnsavas or buborรฉkos

sparkling wine: pezsgล‘

specialties: kรผlรถnlegessรฉgek

spelt: tรถnkรถly buzadara

spice: fลฑszer

spinach: spenรณt or paraj

sponge cake: piskรณta

spring onion: zรถldhagyma

sprouts: csรญra

squash: tรถk or sรผtล‘tรถk; see also patisszon

squid: tintahal

steamed: pรกrolt (or braised) or gล‘zรถlt

sterlet: kecsege; related to the sturgeon, and found in the Danube and Tisza rivers

stew: pรถrkรถlt; see also lecsรณ, paprikรกs, pincepรถrkรถlt, sรณlet, tokรกny

still (water): szรฉnsavmentes

strawberry: eper or szamรณca (wild)

strudel: rรฉtes

stuffed: tรถltรถtt

stuffed cabbage: tรถltรถtt kรกposzta

stuffed kohlrabi: tรถltรถtt karalรกbรฉ

stuffed peppers: tรถltรถtt paprika

sturgeon: tokhal

style: mรณdra

suckling pig: malac; usually served as ropogรณs malacsรผlt (crispy roasted suckling pig)

sugar: cukor

sugar beet: cukorrรฉpa

sugar-free: cukormentes

sunflower honey: napraforgรณmรฉz

sunflower oil: napraforgรณolaj

sunny-side-up eggs: tรผkรถrtojรกs

sweet: รฉdes

sweetened: cukros

Swiss chard: mรกngold

sylvaner: zรถldszilvรกni

syrup: szรถrp; concentrated fruit syrup to mix with soda or water

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T

table wine: asztali bor; the lowest quality wine

tail: farok

tap: csapolt

tap water: csapvรญz

tarragon: tรกrkony

tart: lepรฉny

tartar sauce: tartรกrmรกrtรกs; in Hungary it is mayonnaise with added sour cream

tea: tea

tenderloin: szลฑz

testicles: here

thyme: kakukkfลฑ

tip: borravalรณ

toast: pirรญtรณs

Tokaji: see fordรญtรกs, furmint, mรกslรกs, puttony, tokaji aszรบ, tokaji aszรบeszencia, tokaji eszencia, and tokaji szamorodni

tomato: paradicsom

tongue: nyelv

tortes: see cakes, desserts, dobostorta, Esterhรกzy-torta, fekete erdล‘ torta, Gerbeaud szelet, orosz krรฉmtorta, Sacher-torta, and Stefรกnia-torta

tripe: pacal

trotter: kรถrรถm

trout: pisztrรกng

truffle: szarvasgomba

tuna: tonhal

turkey: pulyka

turmeric: kurkuma

turnip: fehรฉr rรฉpa

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U

unfiltered: szลฑretlen

Unicum: bitter liquor made from more than 40 herbs and spices, distilled, and aged in oak casks for six months

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V

vanilla: vanรญlia

vanilla sugar: vanรญliรกs cukor or vanillin

varietal wine: fajbor

variety meats: belsล‘sรฉg

veal: borjรบ or borjรบhรบs

veal cutlet: borjรบborda

veal sweetbreads: borjรบmirigy

vegetables: zรถldsรฉg; see also fล‘zelรฉk

vegetarian: vegetรกriรกnus

venison: ล‘z, szarvas, or szarvashรบs

Villรกny appellation: DHC Villรกny (Districtus Hungaricus Controllatus); Villรกnyi Vรฉdett Eredetลฑ bor (origin protected wine from Villรกny); prรฉmium is the top category and classicus is the second level of quality

vinegar: ecet

vintage: รฉvjรกrat

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W

walnut: diรณ

walnut bread: diรณs kenyรฉr

walnut cake: diรณtorta

warm: meleg

water: vรญz

watermelon: gรถrรถgdinnye

weekly specials: heti ajรกnlat; heti ajรกnlatunk is โ€œour weekly specialsโ€

well done: jรณl รกtsรผtve

wels: wels catfish (Silurus glanis); a scale-less fresh water catfish, also called European catfish. In Hungarian catfish is called harcsa.

Welschriesling: olaszrizling (โ€œItalian rieslingโ€); the most widely planted grape in Hungary

wheat: bรบza

wheat beer: bรบzasรถr

whey: savรณ

whey cheese: orda; similar to ricotta

whipped cream: habtejszรญn

white: fehรฉr

white bread: fehรฉr kenyรฉr

white chocolate: fehรฉrcsokolรกdรฉ

white radish: jรฉgretek

white wine: fehรฉr bor

whiting: sรกrga tล‘kehal

whole: egรฉsz

wholewheat bread: bรบzakenyรฉr

Wienerschnitzel: bรฉcsi szelet; traditionally breaded and fried veal cutlet, but in Hungary itโ€™s often made with pork

wild: erdei or vad

wild boar: vaddisznรณ

wild duck: vadkacsa

wild fowl: vadszรกrnyas

wild rabbit: vadnyรบl

Williamโ€™s pear: vilmos kรถrte

wine: bor

wine list: borlap

winemaker: borรกsz

wine merchant: borkereskedล‘

wine region: borvidรฉk

winery: borรกszat

wine snacks: borkorcsolya

wine soup: borleves

wine spritzer: frรถccs

wine tasting: borkรณstolรณ

wine vinegar: borecet

without: nรฉlkรผl

wooden plate: fatรกnyรฉr; refers to a mix of grilled and fried meats; could also be called erdรฉlyi fatรกnyรฉros (Transylvanian mixed grill); see also disznรณtoros

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Y

yeast: รฉlesztล‘

yellow muscat: sรกrga muskotรกly

yellow pea: sรกrgaborsรณ

yogurt: joghurt

young: fiatal

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Z

zucchini: cukkini

zweigelt: a cross between the kรฉkfrankos (portugieser) and St. Laurent grapes. One of the most widely planted red varieties in Austria, itโ€™s also present in Hungary
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