mochi

See also: Mochi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 餅 (mochi).

Noun

mochi (plural mochis or mochi)

1. A Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice.
   • 2013, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Tofu and Tofu Products (965 CE to 2013), Soyinfo Center (→ISBN), page 1146:

     Many of Japan's most popular confections are dusted with a light coating of sweetened kinako. These confections usually consist of a grain such as mochi (pounded glutinous rice), or steamed, pounded millet filled with […]

Translations

rice cake made from glutinous rice

• Armenian: մոտի (hy) (moti), մոչի (močʻi)
• Burmese: မွာချီး (mwahkyi:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麻糬/𫃎糬 (máshǔ)

  Min Nan: 麻糍 (zh-min-nan) (môa-chî)

• Finnish: mochi, riisikakku
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• Indonesian: moci
• Japanese: 餅 (ja) (mochi)
• Korean: 떡 (ko) (tteok)
• Okinawan: 餅 (muchi)
• Russian: мо́ти (ru) n (móti), ри́совая лепёшка f (rísovaja lepjóška)
• Thai: โมจิ (moo-jì)

Further reading

• mochi (food) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• chimo, ohmic

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Classical Nahuatl

Noun

mochi

1. all

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ki/
• Hyphenation: mò‧chi

Etymology 1

Plural of moco.

Noun

1. (botany) bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia)

   Synonym: (Tuscany) girlo

2. (botany) Synonym of cicerchia (“chickling vetch”)

   Synonym: (Tuscany) girlo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

1. plural of moco

References

• mochi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Japanese

Romanization

mochi

1. Rōmaji transcription of もち
2. Rōmaji transcription of モチ