avgolemono

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

noun Greek Cookery.

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

Origin of avgolemono

1960–65; Modern Greek augolémono, equivalent to augó, abgó egg (pronunciation avγó), classical Greek tò ōión the egg, plural tà ōiá (cf. oo-), altered by fusion of article and noun, v and γ filling vocalic hiatus, merger of singular and plural forms, and separation of the article as t’ + -lemono variant (in compounds) of lemóni lemon < Italian limone ≪ Persian; see lemon

British Dictionary definitions for avgolemono

avgolemono
/ (ˌævɡəˈlɛmənəʊ) /

noun

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

Word Origin for avgolemono

C20: from Modern Greek