Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)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.

    He went to a Japanese restaurant and ordered sushi and noodles.

    rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed

  2. (countable, rare, usually)One of the portions from this dish.

  3. (proscribed, uncountable, usually)Raw fish, especially as a Japanese dish.

    Sushi

    су́шиsúši, су́сиsúsi

    су́шіsúši

Examples

159 sentences
  1. I would like to eat sushi.

    Я хотів би з'їсти суші.

    ruЯ бы хотел поесть суши.

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  2. What's your favorite kind of sushi?

    Який твій улюблений тип суші?

    deWas ist dein Lieblings-Sushi?

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  3. Some people eat sushi with their hands.

    Дехто їсть суші руками.

    ruНекоторые едят суши руками.

    deManche Leute essen Sushi mit den Händen.

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  4. Have you tried sushi?

    Ти куштував суші?

    ruТы пробовал суши?

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  5. I'll treat you to sushi.

    Я пригощу тебе суші.

    ruУгощу суши.

    deIch lade dich zum Sushiessen ein.

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司(すし) (sushi, “sushi (sour rice)”), ultimately from archaic conjug

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”).

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Forms

plural: sushis / sushi
Singularsushi
Pluralsushis / sushi

regular

Word family

20 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • ate sushi
  • eat sushi every
  • never eaten sushi
  • like sushi
  • sushi every

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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