frikadelle

See also: Frikadelle

English

A freshly made batch of frikadeller

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Danish frikadelle and its etymon, the German Frikadelle.

Pronunciation

Noun

frikadelle (plural frikadeller or frikadellen)

  1. (food) An oblate-spheroid meatball of North European origin, eaten hot or cold, and typically consisting of: minced pork or beef/veal (or, commonly, a blend of these meats); chopped onions; eggs; milk or water; breadcrumbs, oatmeal, or flour; salt; and pepper.

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Danish

Frikadeller

Etymology

From German Frikadelle (meatball), from Italian frittella (fritter, flapjack). Perhaps also influenced by French fricandeau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frekədɛlə/, [fʁeɡ̊əˈd̥ɛlə] or IPA(key): /frikədɛlə/, [fʁiɡ̊əˈd̥ɛlə]

Noun

frikadelle c (singular definite frikadellen, plural indefinite frikadeller)

  1. meatball
  2. doughnut, cinnamon bun (hair style)
  3. ham (actor with an exaggerating style)
    • 2014, Gregers Dirkinck-Holmfeld, Frejlif: Ekstra Bladets udtæmmelige redaktør, Politikens Forlag →ISBN
      Men Frejlif nævner en enkelt af sine egne anmeldelser, hvor han “fornærmede den mest fremragende af teatrets skuespillere, en ældre frikadelle, der ikke var sen til at hævne sig.”
      But Frejlif mentions one of his own reviews, in which he “insulted the most brilliant of the theatre's actors, an elderly ham, who was not late to take revenge.”
    • 1896, Otto Jespersen, Kristoffer Nyrop, Dania
      Hvis nogen ved ukunstneriske Midler bejler til Galleriets Bifald, bliver han en Galleriskuespiller; er han simpel og har en daarlig Udtale, men alligevel gør nogen Lykke, kaldes han, som Skuespiller for den tarvelige Borgerklasse, en Frikadelleskuespiller eller forkortet alene en Frikadelle.
      If anyone woos the applause of the gallery by unartistic means, he becomes a gallery-actor; if he is simple and has poor enunciation, but still has some success, he is called, as actor for the mean citizenry, a ham-actor or, abbreviated, simply a ham.

Inflection

Synonyms

  • (meatball): (short form) delle, (informal) frikadunse

See also

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