kombucha

English

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Etymology

From Japanese 昆布茶 (こんぶちゃ, konbucha, こぶちゃ, kobucha, “kelp tea”)

Noun

kombucha (plural kombuchas)

1. A fermentation of sweetened tea.

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Translations

fermentation of sweetened tea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅茶菌 (cmn), 红茶菌 (cmn) (hóngchájūn)

• Finnish: kombutsa (fi)

• Japanese: 紅茶キノコ (ja) (kōcha-kinoko) (literally: tea mushroom)
• Russian: чайный гриб (ru) (čájnyj grib) m  (literally: tea mushroom), комбутя (ru) (kombútja)  (indeclinable)