miso

See also: miśo, misó, and miso-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 味噌 (みそ, miso).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmisoʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːsəʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːsəʊ

Noun

miso (usually uncountable, plural misos)

1. A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces.
   • 2018 July 19, Zoe Williams, “Can ditching meat and dairy open up new taste sensations? My week as a foodie vegan”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender. Add a bit of white miso, lemon juice, truffle oil, chives: survey your wreckage, which will be the wrong colour (cream with a hint of grey) and the wrong consistency (gluey).

Derived terms

• miso soup

Translations

thick paste for making soup

• Arabic: مِيسُو m (mīsū)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 味噌 (mei⁶ cang¹)

  Mandarin: 味噌 (wèizēng)

• Czech: miso n
• Finnish: miso (fi)
• French: miso (fr) m
• German: Miso (de) n
• Hindi: मिसो (miso)
• Italian: miso m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 味噌 (ja) (みそ, miso)
• Korean: 미소 (ko) (miso)
• Marathi: मिसो (miso)
• Portuguese: missô (pt)
• Russian: ми́со (ru) n (míso)
• Spanish: miso (es) m
• Swedish: miso c
• Tagalog: miso
• Thai: มิโซะ (mísó)

Anagrams

• IMOs, Isom, OISM, Simo, omis

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 味噌 (みそ, miso).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiso/

Noun

miso n

1. miso

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 味噌 (みそ, miso).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.zo/

• Audio:

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Noun

miso m (plural misos)

1. miso

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 味噌 (みそ, miso).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

miso m (uncountable)

1. miso

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.sɔ/

Noun

miso f

1. vocative singular of misa

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 味噌 (みそ, miso).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiso/ [ˈmi.so]

Noun

miso m (uncountable)

1. miso

Etymology 2

From misar.

Verb

miso

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of misar.

Further reading

• miso on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es