biryanis
Saybi-ree-AH-neezUS/ˌbɪɹiˈɑniz/UK/ˌbɪɹiˈɑːniz/
- 1Plural of biryani.
The chef prepared several regional biryanis for the festival menu.
Vegetable and mutton biryanis simmered side by side in heavy pots.
Note
A plural that exists only because the dish can be counted. As a mass noun the word takes no -s: you eat some biryani, or a plate of biryani. The plural appears when biryani means a kind or a serving, as in regional biryanis or two biryanis for the table. That makes it the word for menus, comparisons and orders rather than for talk about the food itself.
biryanis is a form of biryani
biryani, noun: A spiced dish of rice combined with meat, vegetables, or both. Full entry
- Forms
- biryanibiryanis plural
- Spelling
- biryani → biryanis: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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