gravlax
English
WOTD – 18 February 2011
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹavˌlaks/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɑvˌlɑks/
- Rhymes: -æks, -ɑːks
Noun
gravlax (uncountable)
- Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer.
Translations
appetizer of dry-cured salmon
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Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾaˈvlaks/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɡɾaˈvlakʃ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾaˈvlakʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾaˈblakʃ/ [ɡɾaˈβlakʃ]
Noun
gravlax m (uncountable)
- gravlax (appetizer of dry-cured salmon)
Swedish
Alternative forms
- gravad lax
Etymology
A compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrɑːvˌlaks/
Noun
gravlax c (uncountable)
- gravlax (appetizer of dry-cured salmon)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | gravlax | gravlax |
| definite | gravlaxen | gravlaxens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |