Cholent Definition
KHôlənt, KHŭlənt
noun
A stew of beans, potatoes, beef, etc. baked slowly for a long time: a traditional Jewish dish prepared on Friday for eating on the Sabbath.
Webster's New World
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Noun
Singular:
cholent
Plural:
cholentsOrigin of Cholent
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Yiddish tsholnt probably of Romance origin and ultimately from Latin calēns, calent- present participle of calēre to be warm kelə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Yiddish טשאָלנט (tsholnt), of unknown origin, but may be from an Old French reflex of Latin calēns.
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