bortsch

See also: Bortsch

English

Noun

bortsch (countable and uncountable, plural bortsches or bortschs)

1. Alternative spelling of borscht
   • 1972, “[Jewish cooking] Schav Bortsch (Spinach Bortsch)”, in Anne Willan, editor, Grand Diplôme Cooking Course, volume 9, [Danbury, Conn.]: The Danbury Press, →LCCN, page 21, column 4:

     Although bortsch is usually made from root vegetables with a large proportion of beets, not all bortschs contain beets.

   • 1974, Alan Coren, “It’s A Long Way To Cannelloni”, in The Sanity Inspector, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, Inc., published 1975, →LCCN, page 50:

     “Good old Trotter!” Stanhope, despite the heaviness breeding about his heart, laughed the brave young laugh that had carried him through so much, through a hundred collapsed soufflés and a thousand curdled bortschs.

   • 1985, Derek Cooper, “The real thing”, in The Listener, London, →ISSN, page 15, column 3:

     Hannah Wright’s recipes are as international as soup itself. There are old favourites like Scotch broth and oxtail; garbures, zuppas, goulashes, gazpachos and bortschs from Europe; […]

Anagrams

• borscht

French

Alternative forms

• borsch

Etymology

From Russian борщ (boršč) and Ukrainian борщ (boršč).

Noun

bortsch m (plural bortschs)

1. borscht

Further reading

• “bortsch”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Noun

bortsch m (plural bortschs)

1. Alternative spelling of borshch