"gravlax" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹavˌlaks/ [UK], /ˈɡɹɑvˌlɑks/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gravlax.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -æks, -ɑːks Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sv|gravlax}} Swedish gravlax, {{m|sv|grava||to dry-cure in salt and sugar}} grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”), {{m|sv|lax||salmon}} lax (“salmon”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gravlax (uncountable)
  1. Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer. Wikipedia link: gravlax Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Foods Synonyms: gravadlax, gravad lax, gravlaks (english: from Norwegian) Translations (appetizer of dry-cured salmon): գրաավիլոհի (graavilohi) (Armenian), գրավլաքս (gravlakʻs) (Armenian), гра́ўлакс (hráŭlaks) [masculine] (Belarusian), гравлакс (gravlaks) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 醃製鮭魚 (Chinese Mandarin), 腌制鲑鱼 (yānzhì guīyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 醃製三文魚 (Chinese Mandarin), 腌制三文鱼 (yānzhì sānwényú) (Chinese Mandarin), gravad laks [common-gender] (Danish), soolalõhe (Estonian), kergsoolalõhe (Estonian), graavilõhe (Estonian), graavilohi (Finnish), gravlax [masculine] (French), gravelax [masculine] (French), Graved Lachs [masculine] (German), Gravlax [masculine] (German), graflax [masculine] (Icelandic), グラブラックス (guraburakkusu) (Japanese), 그라브락스 (geurabeurakseu) (Korean), graafzalm [masculine] (Limburgish), gravlaks [masculine] (Norwegian), graven laks [masculine] (Norwegian), gravlax [masculine] (Portuguese), гра́авилохи (gráaviloxi) [masculine] (Russian), гра́влакс (grávlaks) [masculine] (Russian), gravlax [common-gender] (Swedish), gravad lax [common-gender] (Swedish), somon tuzlama (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-gravlax-en-noun-4oiccbY2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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