Standard Lemma guide

haggis

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhæɡɪs/
  • General-American: /ˈhæɡɪs/
  • Scotland: /ˈhaɡɪs/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːdʒis/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈhɑd͡ʒis/
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 G AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

plural of haggi (“one who has participated in a hajj”) (alternative spelling of hajjis).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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4

noun

Meaning 4

made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: dish

History

Etymology

From Late Middle English hagis (“haggis”), from hag, haggen (“to chop, cut, hack; to cut into”) (from Old Norse hǫggva (“to hew”)), or from hakken (“to chop, hack; to dice, mince”) (from Old English hēawan (“to chop, hew; to dice, mince”)), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewh2- (“to hew; to beat, strike; to forge”).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Albanian: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Arabic: هاغيس — traditional Scottish dish
  • Basque: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Breton: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Bulgarian: дроб сарма (drob sarma) — traditional Scottish dish
  • Bulgarian: хагис (hagis) — traditional Scottish dish
  • Catalan: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肉馅羊肚 (ròuxiànyángdù) — traditional Scottish dish
  • Czech: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Danish: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Dutch: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Esperanto: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Finnish: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • French: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Galician: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • German: Haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Ancient Greek: χόρια (khória) — traditional Scottish dish
  • Hebrew: האגיס — traditional Scottish dish
  • Indonesian: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Irish: hagaois — traditional Scottish dish
  • Italian: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Japanese: ハギス — traditional Scottish dish
  • Korean: 해기스 (haegiseu) — traditional Scottish dish
  • Mazanderani: وابیشکا (vâbiškâ) — traditional Scottish dish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Papiamentu: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Persian: هگیس (hagis) — traditional Scottish dish
  • Persian: گیپا (gipâ) — traditional Scottish dish
  • Persian: جغور بغور (jaġur-baġur) — traditional Scottish dish
  • Polish: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Portuguese: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Russian: ха́ггис (xággis) — traditional Scottish dish
  • Scots: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Scottish Gaelic: taigeis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Slovene: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Spanish: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Swedish: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Turkish: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Ukrainian: гаґґіс (haggis) — traditional Scottish dish
  • Vietnamese: haggis — traditional Scottish dish
  • Welsh: hagis — traditional Scottish dish