avgolemono

American  

[ahv-goh-lem-uh-noh, ahv-gaw-le-maw-naw] / ˌɑv goʊˈlɛm əˌnoʊ, ˌɑv gɔˈlɛ mɔ nɔ /

noun

Greek Cooking.

1. a soup or sauce made with beaten eggs, lemon juice, and usually chicken broth.

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avgolemono British  

/ ˌævɡəˈlɛmənəʊ /

noun

1. a Greek soup made with eggs, lemon juice, and rice

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Etymology

Origin of avgolemono

First recorded in 1960–65; Modern Greek augolémono, from abgó, augó “egg” ( Greek tò ōión “the egg,” plural tà ōiá, altered by fusion of article and noun, with bg and ug dividing consecutive vowels, and separation of the article as t’; cf. oo-) + -lemono, variant of lemóni “lemon” (from Italian limone; see lemon

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Example Sentences

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avgolemono

Sometimes I want the lemon flavor to be the whole point: a lemony avgolemono, for instance, or a chicken stew that tastes unabashedly citrusy.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

But the avgolemono was a bit fussy for our weeknight standards, so we streamlined it for this recipe in our book “Tuesday Nights Mediterranean,” which features weeknight-friendly meals from the region.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

In the United States, we tend to think of avgolemono as a soup made with chunks of chicken and grains of rice.

From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2022

The chicken avgolemono at the Greek Deli — the tiny Old World takeout that continues to thrive despite the influx of downtown chains — is sort of the anti-soup.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2017

It is called avgolemono: a broth of chicken thickened with whisked egg and lemon and fortified with rice and spinach.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 23, 2017

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