Phrase guide

chicken Kiev

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A breast of chicken stuffed with butter, garlic and parsley, rolled, breaded and fried.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:chicken Kiev.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of chicken Kiev.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

pounded chicken cutlets rolled around butter (that has been seasoned with herbs) and then covered with crumbs and fried

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dish

History

Etymology

From chicken + Kiev. From being a style of chicken cutlet common in the region of Kyiv, Ukraine.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: Kievin kana — Translations
  • Finnish: Kiovan kana — Translations
  • French: suprême de volaille à la Kiev — Translations
  • Hungarian: kijevi csirkemell — Translations
  • Polish: de volaille — Translations
  • Polish: dewolaj — Translations
  • Russian: котле́та по-ки́евски (kotléta po-kíjevski) — Translations
  • Ukrainian: котле́та по-ки́ївськи (kotléta po-kýjivsʹky) — Translations