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pirozhki

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

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  • /pɪˈɹɒʒkɪ/
  • /pɪˈɹɒʃkɪ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern European cuisine, or a serving of these.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A single such pastry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pirogi, piroshki

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: turnover

History

Etymology

From Russian пирожки́ (pirožkí), plural of пирожо́к (pirožók), which is in turn a diminutive of пиро́г (piróg, “pie”). (In Russian Mennonite communities, borrowed first into Plautdietsch in Russia and Ukraine, and then taken from Plautdietsch into English in the US.) Doublet of pyrizhky and perieschkje.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կարկանդակ (karkandak) — small pastries
  • Azerbaijani: pirojok — small pastries
  • Belarusian: піражо́к (piražók) — small pastries
  • Belarusian: піражкі́ (piražkí) — small pastries
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小餡餅 /小馅饼 (xiǎo xiànbǐng) — small pastries
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皮羅什基 /皮罗什基 (píluōshíjī) — small pastries
  • Finnish: piirakka — small pastries
  • Finnish: piirakat — small pastries
  • French: pirojki — small pastries
  • German: Pirogge — small pastries
  • German: Piroschki — small pastries
  • Greek: πιροσκί (piroskí) — small pastries
  • Hebrew: פִּירוֹזְ׳קִי — small pastries
  • Hungarian: pirog — small pastries
  • Japanese: ピロシキ (piroshiki) — small pastries
  • Korean: 피로슈키 (pirosyuki) — small pastries
  • Macedonian: пирошка (piroška) — small pastries
  • Mongolian: пирожки (pirožki) — small pastries
  • Mongolian: пирошки (piroški) — small pastries
  • Pannonian Rusyn: пирожки (pirožki) — small pastries
  • Persian: پیراشکی (pirâški) — small pastries
  • Polish: pirożek — small pastries
  • Russian: пирожо́к (pirožók) — small pastries
  • Russian: пирожки́ (pirožkí) — small pastries
  • Swedish: pirog — small pastries
  • Ukrainian: пиріжо́к (pyrižók) — small pastries
  • Ukrainian: пиріжки́ (pyrižký) — small pastries
  • Uzbek: pirojka — small pastries
  • Uzbek: pirogcha — small pastries
  • Yakut: бэрэски (bereski) — small pastries