sushi

English

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sushi

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司(すし) (sushi, “sushi (sour rice)”), ultimately from archaic conjugation 酸(す)し (sushi, “sour, vinegared”) of modern adjective 酸(す)い (sui, “sour, vinegared”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: so͞osh'i, IPA^(key): /ˈsuːʃi/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ʊʃi, -uːʃi
• Homophone: souchy

Noun

sushi (usually uncountable, plural sushis)

1. A Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavored with vinegar, usually wrapped in seaweed and filled or topped with fish, vegetables or meat.

   For the vegetarians, she served cucumber sushi.

   • 1977 [1933], 谷崎潤一郎 [Jun'ichirō Tanizaki], translated by Thomas J. Harper and Edward G. Seidensticker, In Praise of Shadows, Sedgwick, ME: Leete's Island Books, translation of 陰翳礼讃 [In'ei Raisan] (in Japanese), →ISBN, page 40:

     Not long ago a newspaper reporter came to interview me on the subject of unusual foods, and I described to him the persimmon-leaf sushi made by the people who live deep in the mountains of Yoshino—and which I shall take the opportunity to introduce to you here.

   • 1985, Leora Barish, Desperately Seeking Susan, spoken by Taxi Driver:

     I lived in New York all my life. We used to have Chinese restaurants, ltalian restaurants. Now you have these sushi restaurants. Everyone goes for sushi. Sushi—I hate the stuff. Although, I tell you, I had some the other day. I took it home, I cooked it, it wasn't bad. It tasted like fish.

2. (proscribed) Raw fish, especially as a Japanese dish.
   • 2012, Alison Acheson, Molly's Cue, page 26:

     'Can't eat sushi?' I said. Then Mom said, 'You can't eat uncooked fish when you're pregnant' as if I'm the one stupid enough to go and get pregnant!

Usage notes

• Some non-Japanese people assume the defining component of sushi is raw fish, and occasionally use "sushi" to mean "raw fish". Raw slices of fish (or other meats) served without rice are properly termed sashimi.
• The collective plural of sushi is generally sushi. When referring to two or more types of sushi or to multiple instances of sushi the plural is sushis.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• California roll
• nigiri
• sashimi
• sushi roll
• kimbap

References

Verb

sushi (third-person singular simple present sushis, present participle sushiing, simple past and past participle sushied)

1. (transitive, informal) To prepare (a food) as sushi.
   • 2017, Korina Miller, Kate Armstrong, Lonely Planet Canada:

     Our finned friends come in all varieties: sushi-ed, fresh, smoked and otherwise packaged for your consumption.

Anagrams

• Shius

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺uʃi/
• Rhymes: -uʃi
• Hyphenation: su‧shi

Noun

sushi inan

1. sushi
   • 2000, Harkaiz Cano, Piano gainean gosaltzen, Erein, →ISBN:

     Sushia eta kabiarra besterik ez dago mahai gainetan.

     There's only sushi and caviar on the table.

Declension

Further reading

• "sushi" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Noun

sushi m (plural sushis)

1. sushi

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司.

Noun

sushi

1. sushi

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ʃi/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: su‧shi

Noun

sushi m (plural sushi's or sushi)

1. sushi

Derived terms

• sushiazijn
• sushirestaurant
• sushitent

Finnish

Alternative forms

• suši

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃi/,
• Syllabification^(key): su‧shi

Noun

sushi

1. sushi

Declension

Further reading

• “sushi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /sy.ʃi/

• Audio

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Noun

sushi m (plural sushis)

1. sushi

Indonesian

Noun

sushi (first-person possessive sushiku, second-person possessive sushimu, third-person possessive sushinya)

1. Nonstandard spelling of susyi.

   Sushi dan sashimi, makanan khas Jepang yang digemari di Indonesia.

   Sushi and sashimi are popular Japanese food in Indonesia.

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

sushi

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司(すし) (sushi), ultimately from the archaic adjective 酸(す)し (sushi, “sour, vinegared”) (modern counterpart: 酸(す)い (sui)), derived from 酢(す) (su, “vinegar”), of uncertain further origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃ.ʃi/
• Rhymes: -uʃʃi
• Hyphenation: sù‧shi

Noun

sushi m (uncountable)

1. sushi

Related terms

• susci

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

sushi

1. Rōmaji transcription of すし

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish sucio and Portuguese sujo and Kabuverdianu suja.

Adjective

sushi

1. dirty

Noun

sushi

1. dirt, waste
2. dust bin

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

sushi

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sushi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɕi/, /ˈsu.ʂi/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -uɕi, -uʂi
• Syllabification: su‧shi
• Homophone: susi

Noun

sushi n (indeclinable)

1. sushi (Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavored with vinegar, usually wrapped in seaweed and filled or topped with fish, vegetables, or meat)

Further reading

• sushi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sushi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• sushi in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

sushi

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

Pronunciation

Noun

sushi m (plural sushis)

1. sushi (Japanese dish of rice with vinegar)
2. sushi (raw fish in Japanese cuisine)

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

sushi

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃi/
• Rhymes: -uʃi
• Syllabification: su‧shi

Noun

sushi m (plural sushis)

1. sushi

Further reading

• “sushi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

sushi (n class, plural sushi)

1. sushi

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

sushi

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

From Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

Noun

sushi c

1. sushi

Declension

References

• sushi in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sushi in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Tagalog

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese Hepburn romaji 寿司(すし) (sushi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsusji/,
• Hyphenation: su‧shi

Noun

sushi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜒ)

1. sushi (Japanese dish)

Further reading

• “sushi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018