mochi

Borrowed from Japanese 餅(もち) (mochi).

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• IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊtʃi/, /ˈmɒtʃi/

mochi (countable and uncountable, plural mochis or mochi)

1. A small Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice.
   • 2013, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Tofu and Tofu Products (965 CE to 2013), Soyinfo Center, →ISBN, page 1146:

     Many of Japan's most popular confections are dusted with a light coating of sweetened kinako. These confections usually consist of a grain such as mochi (pounded glutinous rice) […]

   • 2016 June 27, Tejal Rao, “Making Mochi, a Japanese Treat That’s All About Texture”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     And when it comes to mochi, the Japanese rice dough, much of its appeal can be attributed to a glorious bounce or a gelatinous squish or a comforting kind of gloop.

• butter mochi

• daifuku
• wagashi

• mochi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• chimo, ohmic

mochi

1. all

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ki/
• Rhymes: -ɔki
• Hyphenation: mò‧chi

Plural of moco.

mochi m pl (plural only)

1. bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia)

   Synonym: (Tuscany) girlo

2. synonym of cicerchia (“chickling vetch”)

   Synonym: (Tuscany) girlo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mochi m pl

1. plural of moco

• mochi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• chimo

mochi

1. Rōmaji transcription of もち
2. Rōmaji transcription of モチ

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔxi/
• Rhymes: -ɔxi
• Syllabification: mo‧chi

mochi

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of moch