- porridge
- noun Etymology: alteration of pottage Date: circa 1643 a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick • porridgy adjective
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Porridge — Porridge, or porage, is a simple dish made by boiling oats (normally crushed oats, occasionally oatmeal) or another cereal in water, milk, or both. Dishes made from cornmeal to which boiling water is added are a variant of porridge, though these… … Wikipedia
porridge — [ pɔridʒ ] n. m. • 1852; parache 1738; mot angl., corrupt. du fr. potage ♦ Bouillie de flocons d avoine. Le « porridge qu on lui donnait le matin » (Aragon). ● porridge nom masculin (anglais porridge) Bouillie de flocons d avoine servie sucrée.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Porridge — mit Milch Porridge ist in der ursprünglichen englischen Bedeutung ein Getreidebrei (Grütze), der aus jedem Getreide zubereitet werden kann. Heute handelt es sich dabei aber fast immer um einen Haferbrei auf der Basis von Haferflocken oder… … Deutsch Wikipedia
porridge — PÓRRIDGE s.n. Mâncare specifică bucătăriei engleze, preparată din fulgi de ovăz sau de porumb. [pr.: pórigi] – cuv. engl. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 03.04.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 PORRIDGE s.n. Preparat culinar din făină de ovăz sau alte crupe de cereale … Dicționar Român
Porridge — Por ridge, n. [Probably corrupted fr. pottage; perh. influenced by OE. porree a kind of pottage, OF. porr[ e]e, fr. L. porrum, porrus, leek. See {Pottage}, and cf. {Porringer}.] A food made by boiling some leguminous or farinaceous substance, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Porridge — [Wichtig (Rating 3200 5600)] Auch: • Haferbrei Bsp.: • Das englische Frühstück beinhaltet Porridge … Deutsch Wörterbuch
Porridge — (spr. ĭdsch), Brei aus Hafermehl, in Schottland Nationalgericht … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
porridge — 1530s, soup of meat and vegetables, alteration of pottage, influenced by M.E. porreie, from O.Fr. poree leek soup, from por leek, from L. porrum leek. Association with oatmeal is 1640s, first in Scottish … Etymology dictionary
porridge — ► NOUN 1) a dish consisting of oatmeal or another cereal boiled with water or milk. 2) Brit. informal time spent in prison. ORIGIN alteration of POTTAGE(Cf. ↑pottage) … English terms dictionary
porridge — [pôr′ij, pär′ij] n. [altered < POTTAGE by confusion with ME porrey < OFr poree < VL porrata, leek broth < L porrum, leek, akin to Gr prason, leek] 1. Obs. pottage 2. [Chiefly Brit.] a soft food made of cereal or meal boiled in water… … English World dictionary
porridge — n. (esp. BE) 1) to cook, make porridge 2) (misc.) a bowl of porridge; (BE; slang) to do porridge ( to spend time in prison ) * * * [ pɒrɪdʒ] make porridge (BE; slang) to do porridge ( to spend time in prison ) (esp. BE) to cook (misc.) a bowl of… … Combinatory dictionary
