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# borshch

«borshch» in Mova's school dictionary: **the Ukrainian spelling in Latin letters of «borscht», the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (borshch — uncountable) (Ukrainian)

### meaning for a pupil

(Ukrainian) Borshch (борщ) is the Ukrainian spelling in Latin letters of «borscht», the sour beetroot soup that is a national dish of Ukraine. It sounds like «borshch», with «shch» like the sounds in «fresh cheese» run together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borshch/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in lessons about Ukraine, Ukrainian cooking and Ukrainian heard on the street. Ukrainian borshch has beetroot, cabbage, potatoes and often meat, served with sour cream, garlic bread (pampushky) and dill.

### examples

- Mum cooked borshch with pampushky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borshch/#x1)
- In Ukraine, borshch is on almost every family's table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borshch/#x2)
- Borshch is the Ukrainian way to write borscht. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borshch/#x3)
- We learned to say «borshch» properly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borshch/#x4)
- The borshch was bright red and smelled of dill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borshch/#x5)
- Grandma's borshch takes all morning to cook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borshch/#x6)

### note

Ukrainian word in Latin letters; English usually writes «borscht». Both mean the same soup.

### In the corpora

- [smetAna is sour cream, put on borshch, vareNYky and pancakes; it is sour, not sweet like whipped cream.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «borshch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borshch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.