kimchi
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Etymology edit
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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Noun edit
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 edit
Korean dish
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Korean.
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Noun edit
kimchi
Declension edit
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. |
Further reading edit
- “kimchi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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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kimchi m (plural kimchis)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kimchi n (indeclinable)
- kimchi (Korean dish)
Further reading edit
- kimchi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi). See there for more information.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kimchi m (plural kimchis)