kimchi
A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted,…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.
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Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)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.
Kimchi
кимчхи́kimčxí, кимчи́kimčí
(countable, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur, usually)A Korean person.
Examples
9 sentencesHave you ever tried homemade kimchi?
Try some of these kimchi pickles.
Do you like the taste of kimchi?
Kimchi is a traditional Korean food.
Кімчі — традиційна корейська страва.
A Korean person ought to eat kimchi.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi), ultimately composed within Korea of Chinese-derived morpBorrowed 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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Forms
plural: kimchisWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable