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okroshka

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /əˈkɹɔʃkə/
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noun

Meaning 1

A cold raw vegetable soup, part of the national cuisines of Russia and Ukraine. Usually made by pouring kvass or kefir in a pot of diced cucumber, radish, green onion, boiled potato, boiled egg, sausage or meat, sour cream, and seasoned with dill and parsley.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Russian and Ukrainian окро́шка (okróška).

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أُكْرُوشْكَا (ʔukrūškā) — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Arabic: أَكْرُوشْكَا (ʔakrūškā) — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Arabic: أُكْرُوشْكَا (ʔokroškā) — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Belarusian: акро́шка (akróška) — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Bulgarian: окро́шка (okróška) — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Chinese Mandarin: 俄國凍湯 /俄国冻汤 (Éguó dòngtāng) — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Czech: okroška — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Danish: okrosjka — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Erzya: салведь (salveď) — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Finnish: kaljakeitto — cold raw vegetable soup
  • French: okrochka — cold raw vegetable soup
  • German: Okroschka — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Greek: οκρόσκα (okróska) — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Hebrew: אוקרושקה (okróshka) — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Italian: okroshka — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Japanese: オクローシカ (okurōshika) — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Korean: 오크로시카 (okeurosika) — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Norwegian Bokmål: okrosjka — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Polish: okroszka — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Portuguese: okroshka — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Russian: окро́шка (okróška) — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Spanish: okroshka — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Ukrainian: окро́шка (okróška) — cold raw vegetable soup
  • Vietnamese: okroshka — cold raw vegetable soup