sushi

English

Wikipedia

Different types of sushi ready to be eaten.

Etymology

From Japanese 鮨, 鮓, 寿司, すし (sushi, originally refers なれずし (narezushi, "rice fermented with raw fish"), later refers 江戸前寿司 (edomae-zushi, "raw fish and rice flavored with rice vinegar")), from すしめし (sushimeshi, "sour rice").

Pronunciation

• enPR: so͝osh'i, IPA: /ˈsʊʃi/, X-SAMPA: /"sUSi/
• enPR: so͞osh'i, IPA: /ˈsuːʃi/, X-SAMPA: /"su:Si/

Noun

sushi (usually uncountable; plural sushis)

1. (proscribed) A dish, based on Japanese cuisine, the chief ingredient of which is raw fish; sashimi.

   I'd like to try sushi, but the raw meat freaks me out.

2. A Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavoured with vinegar, usually wrapped in seaweed and filled or topped with vegetables or sashimi.

   For the vegetarians, she served cucumber sushi.

Usage notes

As the word ultimately derives from a Japanese term for rice, some authorities proscribe its use to describe the fish on its own.

Translations

Japanese dish

• Arabic: سوشي (ar) (suši, sūšī) m
• Bavarian: Suschi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壽司 (cmn), 寿司 (cmn) (shòusī), 日本壽司 (cmn), 日本寿司 (cmn) (Rìběn shòusī)

  Min Nan: 臭酸飯 (nan) (chhàu-sng-pn̄), 醋飯箍 (nan) (chhò͘-pn̄g-kho͘)

• Czech: suši (cs)
• Danish: sushi (da)
• Dutch: sushi (nl)
• Finnish: sushi (fi)
• French: sushi (fr) m
• Georgian: სუში (ka) (suši)
• German: Sushi (de) n
• Greek: σούσι (el) (soúsi)
• Hebrew: סוּשִׁי (he) (súshi) m
• Hindi: सुशी (hi) (suśī)
• Japanese: 鮨 (ja), 鮓 (ja), 寿司 (ja), すし (ja) (sushi)

• Korean: 초밥 (ko) (chobap) (醋밥 (ko)), 스시 (ko) (seushi)
• Latvian: suši (lv)
• Macedonian: суши (mk) (súši) n
• Malay: susyi (ms)
• Marathi: सुशी (mr) (suśī) f
• Polish: sushi (pl) n
• Portuguese: suchi (pt) m
• Russian: суши (ru) (súši) n (indecl), суси (ru) (súsi) n (indecl)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: су̏ши (sh) m

  Roman: sȕši (sh) m

• Spanish: sushi (es) m
• Swahili: sushi (sw)
• Swedish: sushi (sv) c
• Thai: ซูชิ (th)
• Turkish: suşi (tr)

See also

• California roll
• nigiri
• sashimi
• sushi roll

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

sushi m (invariable)

1. sushi

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Japanese

Romanization

sushi

1. See すし

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Polish

Etymology

From Japanese 鮨, 鮓, 寿司, すし (sushi)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈs̪uɕi]

Noun

sushi n

1. sushi

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Via English from Japanese 鮨, 鮓, 寿司, すし (sushi).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsu.ʃi/, X-SAMPA: /"su.Si/

Noun

sushi m (plural sushis)

1. sushi