pirogen

pi·ro·gen

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pi-roh-guh n]
- /pɪˈroʊ gən/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pi-roh-guh n]
- /pɪˈroʊ gən/

Definitions of pirogen word

noun pirogen (used with a plural verb) Jewish Cookery. small baked pastries filled with chopped chicken livers, onion, etc. 1
noun pirogen turnovers made from kneaded dough 0
noun plural pirogen small pastry turnovers with a filling 0

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Origin of pirogen

First appearance:

before 1950

One of the 5% newest English words

1950-55; < Yiddish pirogn, plural of pirog < East Slavic; see piroshki

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Parts of speech for Pirogen

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Pirogen

pirogen popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

pirogen usage trend in Literature

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