bulgogi

English

Uncooked bulgogi.

Alternative forms

• bul'gogi

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 불고기 (bulgogi, from 불 (bul, “fire”) +‎ 고기 (gogi, “meat”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊlˈɡoʊɡiː/

Noun

bulgogi (usually uncountable, plural bulgogis)

1. A Korean dish of shredded (usually marinated) beef with vegetables.
   • 2010 August 9, Justine Rude, The Washington Post:

     Your choice of bulgogi steak, tangy chicken or carmelized^[sic] tofu with one of two slaws in a corn tortilla and topped with siracha sauce, lime crema, cilantro and sesame seeds.

   • 2015, Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, The Vegetarian, Granta, published 2018, page 19:

     Later that day, when you sat down to a meal of bulgogi, you spat out the second mouthful and picked out something glittering.

   • 2021 July 23, Eric Kim, “Bulgogi, Any Way You Slice It”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 July 2021, Food‎^[2]:

     For Ms. Park, a forensic chemist for the New Jersey State Police who has since retired, bulgogi was a weeknight workhorse, even without the convenience of pre-sliced meat.

2. (by extension) Any of various Korean dishes of grilled meat in this style.
3. The meat in these dishes, traditionally grilled at the table.

Synonyms

• (meat dish): Korean barbecue

Hyponyms

(meat dish):

• dak bulgogi / chicken bulgogi
• dwaeji bulgogi / pork bulgogi

Translations

a Korean dish

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韓國燒烤 / 韩国烧烤 (Hánguó shāokǎo)

• Finnish: bulkogi
• French: bulgogi (fr)
• Japanese: プルコギ (purukogi), ブルコギ (burukogi)
• Korean: 불고기 (ko) (bulgogi)
• Polish: bulgogi (pl)
• Russian: пулько́ги (ru) n (pulʹkógi) (indeclinable)
• Tagalog: bulgogi

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 불고기 (bulgogi, from 불 (bul, “fire”) +‎ 고기 (gogi, “meat”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bul.ɡo.ɡi/

Noun

bulgogi m (plural bulgogis)

1. bulgogi

   Synonym: barbecue coréen