sushi
A Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavored with vinegar,…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.
Meaning
3 senses(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
(countable, rare, usually)One of the portions from this dish.
(proscribed, uncountable, usually)Raw fish, especially as a Japanese dish.
Sushi
су́шиsúši, су́сиsúsi
су́шіsúši
Examples
159 sentencesI would like to eat sushi.
Я хотів би з'їсти суші. — deniko
ruЯ бы хотел поесть суши. — Olya
What's your favorite kind of sushi?
Який твій улюблений тип суші? — deniko
deWas ist dein Lieblings-Sushi? — virgil
Some people eat sushi with their hands.
Дехто їсть суші руками. — deniko
ruНекоторые едят суши руками. — marafon
deManche Leute essen Sushi mit den Händen. — Yorwba
Have you tried sushi?
Ти куштував суші? — lingvokrolik
ruТы пробовал суши? — odexed
I'll treat you to sushi.
Я пригощу тебе суші. — aandrusiak
ruУгощу суши. — Gruzilkin
deIch lade dich zum Sushiessen ein. — Bellinger
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 寿司(すし) (sushi, “sushi (sour rice)”), ultimately from archaic conjugBorrowed 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 / sushiWord family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
5 patterns- ate sushi
- eat sushi every
- never eaten sushi
- like sushi
- sushi every
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.