Food & Drinks in Turkish

Food and drinks are a recurring talking point, not only while eating out on vacation. So let’s learn the most common words and phrases related to this topic.

Contents

Basic Food & Spices
Basic Words & Phrases
Dishes
Dishes & Cutlery
Drinks
Flavors
Fruit & Vegetables
Meat & Sausages
Sweets
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Basic Food & Spices

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
bread [Sg]	ekmek	tr-sing_bread
breads [Pl]	ekmekler	tr-plur_bread
roll [Sg]	sandviç ekmeği	tr-sing_roll
rolls [Pl]	sandviç ekmekleri	tr-plur_roll
butter	tereyağı	tr-sing_butter
cheese	peynir	tr-sing_cheese
honey	bal	tr-sing_honey
jam [Sg]	reçel	tr-sing_jam
jams [Pl]	reçeller	tr-plur_jam
egg [Sg]	yumurta	tr-sing_egg
eggs [Pl]	yumurtalar	tr-plur_egg
noodles	erişte	tr-sing_noodles
rice	pirinç	tr-sing_rice
yoghurt [Sg]	yoğurt	tr-sing_yoghurt
yoghurts [Pl]	yoğurtlar	tr-plur_yoghurt
sugar	şeker	tr-sing_sugar
salt	tuz	tr-sing_salt
pepper	biber	tr-sing_pepper
spice [Sg]	baharat	tr-sing_spice
spices [Pl]	baharatlar	tr-plur_spice
oil	yağ	tr-sing_oil

Basic Words & Phrases

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
(to) eat	yemek	tr-sing_to-eat
food	yiyecek	tr-sing_food
(to) drink	içmek	tr-sing_to-drink
drink [Sg]	içecek	tr-sing_drink
drinks [Pl]	içecekler	tr-plur_drink
hungry	aç	tr-sing_hungry
hunger	açlık	tr-sing_hunger
thirsty	susuz	tr-sing_thirsty
thirst	susuzluk	tr-sing_thirst
(to) cook	pişirmek	tr-sing_to-cook
(to) taste	tadına bakmak	tr-sing_to-taste
tasty	lezzetli	tr-sing_tasty
delicious	leziz	tr-sing_delicious
Bon appetit! / Enjoy your meal!	Afiyet olsun!	tr-sing_bon-appetitenjoy-your-meal
Cheers! / To your health!	Şerefe!	tr-sing_cheersto-your-health
breakfast	kahvaltı	tr-sing_breakfast
lunch	öğle yemeği	tr-sing_lunch
dinner	akşam yemeği	tr-sing_dinner
restaurant [Sg]	restoran	tr-sing_restaurant
restaurants [Pl]	restoranlar	tr-plur_restaurant
bar [Sg]	bar	tr-sing_bar
bars [Pl]	barlar	tr-plur_bar
café	kafe	tr-sing_cafe

Dishes

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
soup [Sg]	çorba	tr-sing_soup
soups [Pl]	çorbalar	tr-plur_soup
salad [Sg]	salata	tr-sing_salad
salads [Pl]	salatalar	tr-plur_salad
french fries / chips	patates kızartması	tr-sing_french-frieschips

Dishes & Cutlery

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
cutlery	sofra takımı	tr-sing_cutlery
fork	çatal	tr-sing_fork
spoon	kaşık	tr-sing_spoon
knife	bıçak	tr-sing_knife
plate	tabak	tr-sing_plate
glass	bardak	tr-sing_glass
cup	kase	tr-sing_cup
mug	kupa	tr-sing_mug

Drinks

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
water	su	tr-sing_water
mineral water	maden suyu	tr-sing_mineral-water
soda water / sparkling water	maden suyu	tr-sing_soda-watersparkling-water
still water	su	tr-sing_still-water
juice [Sg]	meyve suyu	tr-sing_juice
juices [Pl]	meyve suları	tr-plur_juice
beer	bira	tr-sing_beer
wine	şarap	tr-sing_wine
champagne	şampanya	tr-sing_champagne
cocktail	kokteyl	tr-sing_cocktail
milk	süt	tr-sing_milk
cocoa	kakao	tr-sing_cocoa
coffee	kahve	tr-sing_coffee
tea	çay	tr-sing_tea

Flavors

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
sweet	tatlı	tr-sing_sweet
sour	ekşi	tr-sing_sour
spicy	baharatlı	tr-sing_spicy
salty	tuzlu	tr-sing_salty
bitter	acı	tr-sing_bitter

Fruit & Vegetables

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
fruit	meyve	tr-sing_fruit
vegetables	sebzeler	tr-sing_vegetables
apple [Sg]	elma	tr-sing_apple
apples [Pl]	elmalar	tr-plur_apple
orange [Sg]	portakal	tr-sing_orange
oranges [Pl]	portakallar	tr-plur_orange
strawberry [Sg]	çilek	tr-sing_strawberry
strawberries [Pl]	çilekler	tr-plur_strawberry
banana [Sg]	muz	tr-sing_banana
bananas [Pl]	muzlar	tr-plur_banana
potato [Sg]	patates	tr-sing_potato
potatoes [Pl]	patatesler	tr-plur_potato
cucumber [Sg]	salatalık	tr-sing_cucumber
cucumbers [Pl]	salatalıklar	tr-plur_cucumber

Meat & Sausages

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
meat	et	tr-sing_meat
sausage [Sg]	sosis	tr-sing_sausage
sausages [Pl]	sosisler	tr-plur_sausage
small sausage [Sg]	küçük sosis	tr-sing_small-sausage
small sausages [Pl]	küçük sosisler	tr-plur_small-sausage
ham	jambon	tr-sing_ham
chicken	tavuk	tr-sing_chicken
fish	balık	tr-sing_fish
beef	sığır eti	tr-sing_beef
lamb	kuzu	tr-sing_lamb

Sweets

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
chocolate	çikolata	tr-sing_chocolate
pie [Sg]	turta	tr-sing_pie
pies [Pl]	turtalar	tr-plur_pie
cake [Sg]	pasta	tr-sing_cake
cakes [Pl]	pastalar	tr-plur_cake
biscuit [Sg]	bisküvi	tr-sing_biscuit
biscuits [Pl]	bisküviler	tr-plur_biscuit
icecream	dondurma	tr-sing_icecream

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