"kimchi" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-kimchi.ogg Forms: kimchis [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ko|김치}} Korean 김치 (gimchi), {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{ltc-l|沉|submerged, soaked}} 沉 (MC drim, “submerged, soaked”), {{ltc-l|菜|vegetable}} 菜 (MC tshojH, “vegetable”), {{doublet|en|kimuchi}} Doublet of kimuchi Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} kimchi (usually uncountable, plural kimchis)
  1. 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (place): Kimchi Translations (ethnic slur for Koreans): 高麗棒子 (Chinese Mandarin), 高丽棒子 (Gāolí bàngzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 韓棒子 (Chinese Mandarin), 韩棒子 (Hánbàngzi) (Chinese Mandarin), koreaĉo (Esperanto), チョン (chon) (Japanese), 김치남 (gimchinam) (Korean), 김치녀 (gimchinyeo) (Korean), Koreaniec [masculine] (Polish), skośnooki [masculine] (Polish), เกาหี (gao-hǐi) (Thai), เกาเหลา (gao-lǎo) (Thai)
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  2. (countable, slang, ethnic slur, derogatory) A Korean person. Tags: countable, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur, usually
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kimchee, kim chee, gimchee, gimchi Translations (Korean dish): كِمْتْشي (kimtši) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), կիմչի (kimčʻi) (Armenian), 泡菜 (paau³ coi³) (Chinese Cantonese), 韓式泡菜 (Chinese Mandarin), 韩式泡菜 (Hánshì pàocài) (Chinese Mandarin), 韓國泡菜 (Chinese Mandarin), 韩国泡菜 (Hánguó pàocài) (Chinese Mandarin), 辛奇 (xīnqí) (Chinese Mandarin), 泡菜 (pàocài) (Chinese Mandarin), kimĉio (Esperanto), kimchi (Finnish), kimchi [masculine] (French), Kimchi [neuter] (German), קִימְצִ'י (kimchí) [masculine] (Hebrew), kimci (Indonesian), kimchi [masculine] (Italian), キムチ (kimuchi) (Japanese), គីមឈី (kiimchii) (Khmer), 김치 (gimchi) (Korean), 짠지 (jjanji) [dialectal] (Korean), 짐치 (jimchi) [dialectal] (Korean), kimči [masculine, plural] (Latvian), ки́мчи (kímči) [neuter] (Macedonian), gímchi (Navajo), kimchi [neuter] (Polish), kimchi [masculine] (Portuguese), кимчхи́ (kimčxí) [feminine, neuter] (Russian), кимчи́ (kimčí) [feminine, neuter] (Russian), kimchi [masculine] (Spanish), kimchi [common-gender] (Swedish), กิมจิ (gim-jì) (Thai), kim chi (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'Korean dish': 55 45

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "김치"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jjanji",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "짠지"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jimchi",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "짐치"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kimči"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kímči",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ки́мчи"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "gímchi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kimchi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kimchi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kimčxí",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кимчхи́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kimčí",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кимчи́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kimchi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kimchi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gim-jì",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "กิมจิ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "kim chi"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "kimchi"
  ],
  "word": "kimchi"
}
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    "English terms derived from Korean",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Khmer translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Navajo translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "en:Kimchi"
  ],
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        "3": "김치"
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        "3": "-"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kimuchi"
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    }
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        "plural"
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      "args": {
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Korean",
          "Korean"
        ]
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        "usually"
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        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1994, Richard Marcinko, Rogue Warrior II: Red Cell, Pocket Books, page 238:",
          "text": "How did I know the kimchis were trying to smuggle the crate out of Japan?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Pamela Goyan Kittler, Kathryn Sucher, Food and Culture, Cengage Learning, page 5:",
          "text": "In the United States, Germans are sometimes called \"krauts\" ... Koreans \"kimchis,\" and poor white Southerners \"crackers\"...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Gerald M. Weinberg, Freshman Murders, Weinberg & Weinberg:",
          "text": "... he doesn't know the difference between Ping-Pongs and Kimchis.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Korean person."
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      "links": [
        [
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          "slur",
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        ],
        [
          "Korean",
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        "(countable, slang, ethnic slur, derogatory) A Korean person."
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "kimchee"
    },
    {
      "word": "kim chee"
    },
    {
      "word": "gimchee"
    },
    {
      "word": "gimchi"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kimtši",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كِمْتْشي"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kimčʻi",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "կիմչի"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "paau³ coi³",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "泡菜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "韓式泡菜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Hánshì pàocài",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "韩式泡菜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "韓國泡菜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Hánguó pàocài",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "韩国泡菜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīnqí",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "辛奇"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pàocài",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "泡菜"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "kimĉio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "kimchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kimchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kimchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kimchí",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קִימְצִ'י"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "kimci"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kimchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kimuchi",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "キムチ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kiimchii",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "គីមឈី"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gimchi",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "김치"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jjanji",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "짠지"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jimchi",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "짐치"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kimči"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kímči",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ки́мчи"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "gímchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kimchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kimchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kimčxí",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кимчхи́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kimčí",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кимчи́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kimchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kimchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gim-jì",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "กิมจิ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Korean dish",
      "word": "kim chi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ethnic slur for Koreans",
      "word": "高麗棒子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Gāolí bàngzi",
      "sense": "ethnic slur for Koreans",
      "word": "高丽棒子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ethnic slur for Koreans",
      "word": "韓棒子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Hánbàngzi",
      "sense": "ethnic slur for Koreans",
      "word": "韩棒子"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ethnic slur for Koreans",
      "word": "koreaĉo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chon",
      "sense": "ethnic slur for Koreans",
      "word": "チョン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gimchinam",
      "sense": "ethnic slur for Koreans",
      "word": "김치남"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gimchinyeo",
      "sense": "ethnic slur for Koreans",
      "word": "김치녀"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ethnic slur for Koreans",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Koreaniec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ethnic slur for Koreans",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skośnooki"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gao-hǐi",
      "sense": "ethnic slur for Koreans",
      "word": "เกาหี"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gao-lǎo",
      "sense": "ethnic slur for Koreans",
      "word": "เกาเหลา"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "kimchi"
  ],
  "word": "kimchi"
}

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