sushi

Borrowed 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”).

• (UK) enPR: so͞osh'i, IPA^(key): /ˈsuːʃi/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃi/

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• Rhymes: -uːʃi
• Homophone: souchy

sushi (usually uncountable, plural sushis or sushi)

1. 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.

   • 1977 [1933], 谷崎潤一郎 [Jun'ichirō Tanizaki], translated by Thomas J. Harper and Edward G. Seidensticker, In Praise of Shadows, Sedgwick, ME: Leete's Island Books, translation of 陰翳礼讃 [In'ei Raisan] (in Japanese), →ISBN, page 40:

     Not long ago a newspaper reporter came to interview me on the subject of unusual foods, and I described to him the persimmon-leaf sushi made by the people who live deep in the mountains of Yoshino—and which I shall take the opportunity to introduce to you here.

   • 1985, Leora Barish, Desperately Seeking Susan, spoken by Taxi Driver:

     I lived in New York all my life. We used to have Chinese restaurants, ltalian restaurants. Now you have these sushi restaurants. Everyone goes for sushi. Sushi—I hate the stuff. Although, I tell you, I had some the other day. I took it home, I cooked it, it wasn't bad. It tasted like fish.

   • 2004, Chihiro Mazui, Kazuko Masui, “Introduction”, in Sushi Secrets, London: Hachette Illustrated, →ISBN, page 12:

     To appreciate sushi, you have to forget the tastes and textures that come with Western cuisine. At first glance (or should I say taste?), a sushi of flounder will not be that different from a sushi of sea bream. But, for the Japanese, these two sushi are as different as roast beef and roast pork are for a Westerner.

   • 2023 June 15, Rebecca Wallwork, “‘You had to be there’: Foods that taste better on home turf”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     As Trevor Corson, author of “The Story of Sushi” explains, in Japan, sushi is typically eaten at a bar, where it’s customary for the customer to chat with the chef, who can recommend what’s in season. The short window during which the fish is fresh also makes it more likely to be tastier in Japan.

2. (countable, rare) One of the portions from this dish.
   • 1983 May 31, Robert Nadeau, “Restaurant: Gyuhama of Japan: Suit yourself with sushi”, in Richard M. Gaines, editor, The Boston Phoenix, volume XII, number 22, Boston, Mass.: Boston Phoenix Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 2, page 10, column 3:

     You will recall that, contrary to the relative appearance of the words, the sashimi are the simple raw fish slices and the sushi are the rolls of rice and raw fish.

   • 1989, Jean Marzollo, chapter 5, in The Green Ghost of Appleville (39 Kids on the Block; 1), New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 42:

     Rusty put a sushi in her palm. / Mary Kate popped it into her mouth. It tasted salty and crunchy. “Cucumber!” she said. / “My grandmother puts a surprise in the middle of each one,” said Rusty.

   • 1997, Jeffrey A. Kottler, “Focusing on People”, in Travel That Can Change Your Life: How to Create a Transformative Experience (Jossey-Bass Psychology Series), San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass Publishers, →ISBN, page 92:

     I reach out and pop a sushi into my mouth while I’m waiting for someone to answer a question.

   • 2009 September 14, Frank Penater, “Undercover”, in The Gene Card, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 161:

     Startled by the venom, Erik almost dropped a sushi into his mixture of soy sauce and wasabi.

3. (proscribed) Raw fish, especially as a Japanese dish.
   • 2012, Alison Acheson, Molly's Cue, page 26:

     'Can't eat sushi?' I said. Then Mom said, 'You can't eat uncooked fish when you're pregnant' as if I'm the one stupid enough to go and get pregnant!

• Some non-Japanese people assume the defining component of sushi is raw fish, and occasionally use "sushi" to mean "raw fish". Raw slices of fish (or other meats) served without rice are properly termed sashimi.^[1]
• The collective plural of sushi is generally sushi. When referring to two or more types of sushi or to multiple instances of sushi the plural is usually sushis.

• California roll
• nigiri
• sashimi
• sushi roll
• kimbap

sushi (third-person singular simple present sushis, present participle sushiing, simple past and past participle sushied)

1. (transitive, informal) To prepare (a food) as sushi.
   • 2017, Korina Miller, Kate Armstrong, Lonely Planet Canada:

     Our finned friends come in all varieties: sushi-ed, fresh, smoked and otherwise packaged for your consumption.

• Shius

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

• IPA^(key): /s̺uʃi/ [s̺u.ʃi]
• Rhymes: -uʃi, -i
• Hyphenation: su‧shi

sushi inan

1. sushi
   • 2000, Harkaiz Cano, Piano gainean gosaltzen, Erein, →ISBN:

     Sushia eta kabiarra besterik ez dago mahai gainetan.

     There's only sushi and caviar on the table.

• “sushi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsu.ʃi]

sushi m (plural sushis)

1. sushi

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司.

sushi

1. sushi

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ʃi/

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• Hyphenation: su‧shi

sushi m (plural sushi's or sushi)

1. sushi

• sushiazijn
• sushirestaurant
• sushitent

• suši

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃi/, [ˈs̠uʃi]
• Rhymes: -uʃi
• Syllabification^(key): su‧shi
• Hyphenation^(key): su‧shi

sushi

1. sushi

• “sushi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

• (France) IPA^(key): /sy.ʃi/

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sushi m (plural sushis)

1. sushi

sushi (plural sushi-sushi)

1. nonstandard spelling of susyi

   Sushi dan sashimi, makanan khas Jepang yang digemari di Indonesia.

   Sushi and sashimi are popular Japanese food in Indonesia.

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃ.ʃi/
• Rhymes: -uʃʃi
• Hyphenation: sù‧shi

sushi m (uncountable)

1. sushi

• susci

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

sushi

1. Rōmaji transcription of すし

sushi (plural sushi-sushi)

1. nonstandard spelling of susyi

From Spanish sucio and Portuguese sujo and Kabuverdianu suja.

sushi

1. dirty

sushi

1. dirt, waste
2. dust bin

Unadapted borrowing from English sushi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɕi/, /ˈsu.ʂi/

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• Rhymes: -uɕi, -uʂi
• Syllabification: su‧shi
• Homophone: susi

sushi n (indeclinable)

1. sushi (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)

• sushi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sushi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• sushi in PWN's encyclopedia

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

sushi m (plural sushis)

1. sushi (Japanese dish of rice with vinegar)
2. sushi (raw fish in Japanese cuisine)

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

sushi n (plural sushiuri)

1. sushi

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃi/ [ˈsu.ʃi]
• Rhymes: -uʃi
• Syllabification: su‧shi

sushi m (plural sushis)

1. sushi

• According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

• “sushi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

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sushi class IX (plural sushi class X)

1. sushi

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

sushi c

1. sushi

   en sushirestaurang

   a sushi restaurant

   Vi gick till ett sushiställe

   We went to a sushi place

   äta sushi med pinnar

   eat sushi with chopsticks

   doppa sushi i soja

   dip sushi in soy sauce

   beställa 12 bitar sushi

   order 12 pieces of sushi

   sushirullar inlindade i nori

   sushi rolls wrapped in nori

   hemgjord sushi

   homemade sushi

• sushi in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sushi in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃi/ [ˈsuː.ʃɪ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈsusji/ [ˈsus.jɪ]
• Rhymes: -uʃi, (no palatal assimilation) -usji
• Syllabification: su‧shi

sushi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜒ)

1. sushi (Japanese dish)

• “sushi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018