cholent

English

cholent

Alternative forms

• chulent, schalet

Etymology

From Yiddish טשאָלנט (tsholnt), of unknown origin, but may be from an Old French reflex of Latin calēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoʊlənt/

Noun

cholent (countable and uncountable, plural cholents)

1. A meat stew traditionally served on the Sabbath by Jews.
   • 2007 March 18, Jennifer Bleyer, “‘City of Refuge’”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     As Mr. Schonfeld climbed the stairs, he was carrying a steaming 18-quart pot containing the traditional Sabbath stew known as chulent.

   • 2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Food was prepared with a far defter hand; I had matzo ball soup and boiled beef with horseradish, which sounds terrible but was excellent; Eliza ordered cholent, a thick bean stew, topped with a slice of meat loaf — our Jewish-mom-like server basically forced her.

Synonyms

• chamin, hamin

Translations

meat stew

• Czech: šoulet m
• German: Tscholent m
• Hebrew: חַמִּין (he) m (khamín)
• Hungarian: sólet (hu)
• Ladino: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: czulent (pl) m
• Russian: чолнт m (čolnt), чулнт m (čulnt)
• Yiddish: טשאָלנט m or n (tsholnt)

Anagrams

• Conleth, notchel, technol