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
breads [Pl]	ekmekler
roll [Sg]	sandviç ekmeği
rolls [Pl]	sandviç ekmekleri
butter	tereyağı
cheese	peynir
honey	bal
jam [Sg]	reçel
jams [Pl]	reçeller
egg [Sg]	yumurta
eggs [Pl]	yumurtalar
noodles	erişte
rice	pirinç
yoghurt [Sg]	yoğurt
yoghurts [Pl]	yoğurtlar
sugar	şeker
salt	tuz
pepper	biber
spice [Sg]	baharat
spices [Pl]	baharatlar
oil	yağ

Basic Words & Phrases

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
(to) eat	yemek
food	yiyecek
(to) drink	içmek
drink [Sg]	içecek
drinks [Pl]	içecekler
hungry	aç
hunger	açlık
thirsty	susuz
thirst	susuzluk
(to) cook	pişirmek
(to) taste	tadına bakmak
tasty	lezzetli
delicious	leziz
Bon appetit! / Enjoy your meal!	Afiyet olsun!
Cheers! / To your health!	Şerefe!
breakfast	kahvaltı
lunch	öğle yemeği
dinner	akşam yemeği
restaurant [Sg]	restoran
restaurants [Pl]	restoranlar
bar [Sg]	bar
bars [Pl]	barlar
café	kafe

Dishes

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
soup [Sg]	çorba
soups [Pl]	çorbalar
salad [Sg]	salata
salads [Pl]	salatalar
french fries / chips	patates kızartması

Dishes & Cutlery

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
cutlery	sofra takımı
fork	çatal
spoon	kaşık
knife	bıçak
plate	tabak
glass	bardak
cup	kase
mug	kupa

Drinks

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
water	su
mineral water	maden suyu
soda water / sparkling water	maden suyu
still water	su
juice [Sg]	meyve suyu
juices [Pl]	meyve suları
beer	bira
wine	şarap
champagne	şampanya
cocktail	kokteyl
milk	süt
cocoa	kakao
coffee	kahve
tea	çay

Flavors

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
sweet	tatlı
sour	ekşi
spicy	baharatlı
salty	tuzlu
bitter	acı

Fruit & Vegetables

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
fruit	meyve
vegetables	sebzeler
apple [Sg]	elma
apples [Pl]	elmalar
orange [Sg]	portakal
oranges [Pl]	portakallar
strawberry [Sg]	çilek
strawberries [Pl]	çilekler
banana [Sg]	muz
bananas [Pl]	muzlar
potato [Sg]	patates
potatoes [Pl]	patatesler
cucumber [Sg]	salatalık
cucumbers [Pl]	salatalıklar

Meat & Sausages

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
meat	et
sausage [Sg]	sosis
sausages [Pl]	sosisler
small sausage [Sg]	küçük sosis
small sausages [Pl]	küçük sosisler
ham	jambon
chicken	tavuk
fish	balık
beef	sığır eti
lamb	kuzu

Sweets

English	Turkish	Pronunciation (Audio)
chocolate	çikolata
pie [Sg]	turta
pies [Pl]	turtalar
cake [Sg]	pasta
cakes [Pl]	pastalar
biscuit [Sg]	bisküvi
biscuits [Pl]	bisküviler
icecream	dondurma

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