kimchi
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Alternative forms
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
kimchi (usually uncountable, plural kimchis)
- A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.
- (countable, slang, ethnic slur, derogatory) A Korean person.
- 1994, Richard Marcinko, Rogue Warrior II: Red Cell, Pocket Books, page 238:
- How did I know the kimchis were trying to smuggle the crate out of Japan?
- 2007, Pamela Goyan Kittler, Kathryn Sucher, Food and Culture, Cengage Learning, page 5:
- In the United States, Germans are sometimes called "krauts" ... Koreans "kimchis," and poor white Southerners "crackers"...
- 2011, Gerald M. Weinberg, Freshman Murders, Weinberg & Weinberg:
- ... he doesn't know the difference between Ping-Pongs and Kimchis.
Translations
Korean dish
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Etymology
From Korean.
Pronunciation
Noun
kimchi
Declension
| 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. | ||
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Further reading
- “kimchi”, 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 2023-07-02
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kimchi m (plural kimchis)
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English kimchi.
Pronunciation
Noun
kimchi n (indeclinable)
- kimchi (Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation)
Further reading
- kimchi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi). See there for more information.
Pronunciation
Noun
kimchi m (plural kimchis)
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