shiitake

See also: Shiitake and shiitaké

English

shiitake mushrooms

Alternative forms

• shitake

Etymology

1877: borrowed from Japanese 椎茸 (しいたけ, shītake), from 椎 (しい, shī, “shii tree”) + 茸 (たけ, take, “mushroom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːˈtɑːkeɪ/, /ʃɪˈtɑːkeɪ/
• IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈtɑki/, /ʃɪˈtɑkeɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːki

Noun

shiitake (plural shiitake or shiitakes)

1. A wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes.

Synonyms

• Chinese mushroom (informal)

Translations

Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom

• Arabic: شِيتَاكِي m (šītākī)
• Azerbaijani: şitake
• Catalan: xiitake m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 冬菇 (dung¹ gu¹)

  Mandarin: 香菇 (zh) (xiānggū), 冬菇 (zh) (dōnggū)

  Min Dong: 香菰 (hiŏng-gŭ), 香菇 (hiŏng-gŭ)

  Min Nan: 厚菇 (kāu-ko͘)

• Czech: houževnatec jedlý m, šiitake n
• Dutch: shiitake (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: ŝitako, ŝiitako
• Finnish: siitake (fi), shiitake (fi), siitakesieni
• French: lentin du chêne (fr) m, shiitake (fr) m, shiitaké (fr) m, shitake m, shitaké (fr) m, champignon parfumé (fr) m, (Canada, informal) champignon chinois m
• German: Shiitake (de) m
• Greek: σιτάκε n (sitáke)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: siitake, shiitake, illatos fagomba
• Indonesian: shiitake, shitake, jamur hioko
• Irish: síotaicé m
• Italian: shiitake m
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• Japanese: 椎茸 (ja) (しいたけ, shītake), シイタケ (shītake), 冬子 (どんこ, donko), ドンコ (donko)
• Korean: 표고 (pyogo) (瓢菰), 표고버섯 (pyogobeoseot)
• Macedonian: шита́ке n (šitáke)
• Nepali: मृगे च्याउ (mr̥ge cyāu)
• Persian: شیتاکه (šitâke)
• Polish: shiitake (pl) n, twardziak japoński m, twardnik japoński m, twardziak jadalny m
• Portuguese: shiitake m, shitake m
• Russian: шиита́ке (ru) n (šiitáke), шита́ке n (šitáke), сянгу́ n (sjangú)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мирисна аниска f, шитаке m

  Roman: mirisna aniska f, šitake m

• Spanish: shiitake m, shitake m, hongo del árbol shii m
• Swedish: shiitake (sv) c
• Thai: เห็ดหอม (hèt hŏm)
• Thao: qalisqisan
• Translingual: Lentinula edodes f
• Turkish: şitaki, şitaki mantarı
• Ukrainian: шіїтаке́ n (šijitaké)
• Vietnamese: nấm hương (vi), nấm đông cô
• Zhuang: raet, raetnae, yiengsaenq

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French

Alternative forms

• shitake
• shiitaké
• shitaké

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 椎茸 (しいたけ, shītake), from 椎 (しい, shī, “shii tree”) + 茸 (たけ, take, “mushroom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.i.ta.ke/, /ʃi.ta.ke/
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

shiitake m (plural shiitakes)

1. shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom)

Synonyms

• champignon chinois (Canada, informal)
• champignon parfumé
• lentin du chêne

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• shitake

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 椎茸 (しいたけ, shītake), from 椎 (しい, shī, “shii tree”) + 茸 (たけ, take, “mushroom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.i.ˈta.ki/, /ʃi.ˈta.ki/

Noun

shiitake m (plural shiitakes)

1. shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom)

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• shitake

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 椎茸 (しいたけ, shītake), from 椎 (しい, shī, “shii tree”) + 茸 (たけ, take, “mushroom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈtake/ [siˈt̪a.ke]
• Rhymes: -ake

Noun

shiitake m (plural shiitakes)

1. shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom)

Synonyms

• hongo del árbol shii