kombucha

English

Etymology

From confusion with Japanese 昆布茶 (konbucha, “kombu tea”), which has nothing to do with the fermented tea.

Noun

kombucha (countable and uncountable, plural kombuchas)

1. A fermentation of sweetened tea of Mongolian origin.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kombucha.

Derived terms

• booch

Translations

fermentation of sweetened tea

• Catalan: kombutxa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅茶菌／红茶菌 (hóngchájūn), 红茶菌 (hóngchájūn, literally “tea fungus”)

• Finnish: kombutsa (fi)
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• Japanese: 紅茶キノコ (kōcha kinoko, literally “tea mushroom”)
• Russian: ча́йный гриб m (čájnyj grib, literally “tea mushroom”), комбу́тя (kombútja)
• Spanish: kombucha f

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Spanish

Noun

kombucha f (plural kombuchas)

1. kombucha