Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi), ultimately composed within Korea of Chinese-derived morphemes 沉 (MC drim, “submerged, soaked”) and 菜 (MC tshojH, “vegetable”), i.e. "fermented vegetable". Doublet of kimuchi.
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kimchi (usually uncountable, plural kimchis)
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From Korean.
kimchi
Inflection of kimchi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kimchi | kimchit | ||
genitive | kimchin | kimchien | ||
partitive | kimchiä | kimchejä | ||
illative | kimchiin | kimcheihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kimchi | kimchit | ||
accusative | nom. | kimchi | kimchit | |
gen. | kimchin | |||
genitive | kimchin | kimchien | ||
partitive | kimchiä | kimchejä | ||
inessive | kimchissä | kimcheissä | ||
elative | kimchistä | kimcheistä | ||
illative | kimchiin | kimcheihin | ||
adessive | kimchillä | kimcheillä | ||
ablative | kimchiltä | kimcheiltä | ||
allative | kimchille | kimcheille | ||
essive | kimchinä | kimcheinä | ||
translative | kimchiksi | kimcheiksi | ||
abessive | kimchittä | kimcheittä | ||
instructive | — | kimchein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
kimchi m (plural kimchis)
Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi).
kimchi n (indeclinable)
Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi). See there for more information.
kimchi m (plural kimchis)