English Explanatory Dictionary

sushi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavored with vinegar, usually wrapped in seaweed and filled or topped with fish, vegetables or meat.
  2. One of the portions from this dish.
  3. Raw fish, especially as a Japanese dish.
verb
  1. To prepare (a food) as sushi.
noun
  1. A person who typifies a mixture of Shiism and Sunnism

Pronunciation

so͞osh'i /ˈsuːʃi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sushi.wav /ˈsuʃi/ /ˈsʉʃe/ /ˈsʉʃɪ/ /ˈsʉʃi/

Word forms

sushi sushis sushiing sushied

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司(すし) (sushi, “sushi (sour rice)”), ultimately from archaic conjugation 酸(す)し (sushi, “sour, vinegared”) of modern adjective 酸(す)い (sui, “sour, vinegared”).

Related words

California roll nigiri sashimi sushi roll kimbap

Derived words

conveyor belt sushi nonsushi southern sushi sushi belt sushi burrito sushify sushi-go-round sushi grade sushi knife sushilike sushi-meshi sushi pizza sushi rice sushirrito sushi terrorism sushi train tongue sushi

Translations

Albanian: sushi Amharic: ሱሺ Arabic: سُوشِي Armenian: սուշի Azerbaijani: suşi Basque: sushi Belarusian: су́шы Bengali: সুশি Breton: sushi Bulgarian: су́ши Burmese: ဆူရှီ Catalan: sushi Chinese Cantonese: 壽司 /寿司 Hakka Chinese: 壽司 /寿司 Chinese: 壽司 /寿司 Chinese: 醋飯箍 /醋饭箍 Chinese: 臭酸飯 /臭酸饭 Chinese Mandarin: 壽司 /寿司 Chinese Mandarin: 日本壽司 /日本寿司 Czech: suši Danish: sushi Dutch: sushi Esperanto: suŝio Estonian: suši Faroese: sushi Finnish: sushi Finnish: suši French: sushi Galician: sushi Georgian: სუში German: Sushi Bavarian German: Suschi Greek: σούσι Gujarati: સુશી Hebrew: סוּשִׁי Hindi: सुशी Hindi: सूशी Hungarian: szusi Icelandic: sushi Ido: sushi Indonesian: sushi Indonesian: susyi Irish: súisí Italian: sushi Japanese: 寿司 Japanese: すし Javanese: sushi
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