What does “jedwabisty” mean in Polish?
Kremowe mapo tofu udon krok po kroku
B1 Polish listening practice · Standard Polish · Picked for people who know some
Blending tofu for a creamy sauce, the cook reaches for the perfect word: «jedwabistego tofu» (“silken tofu”). Jedwabisty means “silky” or “silken,” smooth and soft to the touch or the tongue.
It comes straight from jedwab (“silk”), with the ending -isty that Polish uses for “having the quality of”: ognisty (“fiery,” from ogień, fire), wodnisty (“watery,” from woda). So jedwabisty is literally “silk-like.” Use it for hair, skin, a sauce, or, here, the smoothest tofu you can blend.
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Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-PL 2014 (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.
- ▸In Polish cooking for silken textures and creamy sauces.
- ▸In Polish beauty ads: jedwabista skóra (silky skin), włosy (hair).
- ▸Among -isty adjectives: ognisty (fiery), wodnisty (watery).
- ▸From jedwab (“silk”), the fabric itself.