samosas
Saysuh-MOH-suhz/səˈmoʊsəz/UK/səˈməʊsəz/
- 1Plural of samosa.
She fried two dozen samosas for the festival stall.
The caterer arranged the samosas alongside the chutneys and pakoras.
Note
An ordinary English plural on a South Asian food word: the -s is added just as it is to pakoras or chutneys, with no borrowed plural ending to learn. Each one is a single fried triangular turnover, so the word counts like any snack: two dozen samosas, a plate of samosas, a couple of samosas with tea.
samosas is a form of samosa
samosa, noun: A South Asian snack of deep-fried triangular pastry filled with spiced vegetables, especially potatoes, or meat. Full entry
- Forms
- samosasamosas pluralsamose plural
- Spelling
- samosa → samosas: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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