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dumpling
(dʌmplɪŋ)
Word forms: plural dumplings
variable noun
Dumplings are small lumps of dough that are cooked and eaten, either with meat and vegetables or as part of a sweet pudding.
dumpling in British English
(ˈdʌmplɪŋ)
noun
1.
a small ball of dough cooked and served with stew
2.
a pudding consisting of a round pastry case filled with fruit
apple dumpling
3. informal
a short plump person
Word origin
C16: dump-, perhaps variant of lump1 + -ling1dumpling in American English
(ˈdʌmplɪŋ)
noun
1.
a small piece of dough, steamed or boiled and served with meat or soup
2.
a crust of dough filled with fruit and steamed or baked
3. Informal
a short, fat person or animal
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In other languagesdumpling
British English: dumpling /ˈdʌmplɪŋ/ NOUN
Dumplings are small lumps of dough that are cooked and eaten, either with meat and vegetables or as part of a sweet pudding.
- American English: dumpling
- Arabic: عَجِينَةٌ مَسْلُوقَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: bolinho cozido
- Chinese: 饺子
- Croatian: knedla
- Czech: knedlík
- Danish: melbolle
- Dutch: knoedel
- European Spanish: bola de masa que se come en sopas o guisos
- Finnish: myky
- French: boulette culinaire
- German: Kloß
- Greek: ντάμπλινγκ
- Italian: gnocco
- Japanese: ダンプリング
- Korean: 만두
- Norwegian: melbolle
- Polish: kluska
- European Portuguese: bolinho cozido
- Romanian: gălușcă
- Russian: клецка
- Latin American Spanish: albóndigas de masa
- Swedish: klimp
- Thai: ก้อนพุดดิ้ง
- Turkish: hamur yuvarı
- Ukrainian: галушка
- Vietnamese: bánh bao
Chinese translation of 'dumpling'
dumpling
(ˈdʌmplɪŋ)
n (c)
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饺(餃)子
(jiǎozi) (个(個), gè)