Definitions For Stroganoff

Noun

STROGANOFF (plural STROGANOFFs) A dish of sautéed pieces of beef (or a substitute) served in a sauce with sour cream.

Usage notes

Stroganoff is sometimes, but not always, capitalised. Although it may originally have functioned as an adjective following the noun beef, it is now often regarded as a noun in itself, just as preparations of chicken kiev are now frequently referred to as kievs.

Translations

Dutch: Stroganoffsaus Finnish: stroganov, stroganovinpihvi, stroganoff French: bœuf Stroganov, m German: Bœuf Stroganoff, m, Bœuf Stroganow Hungarian: Sztroganov-bélszín Japanese: ビーフストロガノフ (bīfusutoroganofu) Korean: 비프스트로가노프 Persian: بیف استراگانف Portuguese: estrogonofe, m, strogonoff, m Russian: бефстро́ганов, m Spanish: Filete Stroganoff, m, Beef Stroganoff, m

Etymology

Named after the Stroganov family, a distinguished Russian family involved in the settlement of Siberia, {{etyl, ru, en}} Стро́ганов.