sushi
English

Different types of sushi ready to be eaten.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 寿司 (sushi, “sushi (sour rice)”), ultimately from archaic conjugation 酸し (sushi, “sour, vinegared”) of modern adjective 酸い (sui, “sour, vinegared”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: so͝osh'i, IPA(key): /ˈsʊʃi/
- enPR: so͞osh'i, IPA(key): /ˈsuːʃi/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsuʃi/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ʊʃi, -uːʃi
Noun
sushi (usually uncountable, plural sushis)
- 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.
- 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.
- (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!
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Usage notes
- 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 sushis.
Derived terms
- sushi knife
- sushi pizza
Translations
Japanese dish
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See also
References
- Celeste Heiter, The Sushi Book (2007), page 11
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s̺uʃi/, [s̺u.ʃi]
Noun
sushi inan
- 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.
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Declension
Declension of sushi (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
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indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | sushi | sushia | sushiak |
ergative | sushik | sushiak | sushiek |
dative | sushiri | sushiari | sushiei |
genitive | sushiren | sushiaren | sushien |
comitative | sushirekin | sushiarekin | sushiekin |
causative | sushirengatik | sushiarengatik | sushiengatik |
benefactive | sushirentzat | sushiarentzat | sushientzat |
instrumental | sushiz | sushiaz | sushiez |
inessive | sushitan | sushian | sushietan |
locative | sushitako | sushiko | sushietako |
allative | sushitara | sushira | sushietara |
terminative | sushitaraino | sushiraino | sushietaraino |
directive | sushitarantz | sushirantz | sushietarantz |
destinative | sushitarako | sushirako | sushietarako |
ablative | sushitatik | sushitik | sushietatik |
partitive | sushirik | — | — |
prolative | sushitzat | — | — |
Further reading
- "sushi" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Danish
Declension
Declension of sushi
common gender |
Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sushi | sushien |
genitive | sushis | sushiens |
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.ʃi/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: su‧shi
Derived terms
- sushiazijn
- sushirestaurant
- sushitent
Finnish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuʃi/, [ˈs̠uʃi]
- Syllabification(key): su‧shi
Declension
Inflection of sushi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | sushi | sushit | |
genitive | sushin | sushien | |
partitive | sushia | susheja | |
illative | sushiin | susheihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sushi | sushit | |
accusative | nom. | sushi | sushit |
gen. | sushin | ||
genitive | sushin | sushien | |
partitive | sushia | susheja | |
inessive | sushissa | susheissa | |
elative | sushista | susheista | |
illative | sushiin | susheihin | |
adessive | sushilla | susheilla | |
ablative | sushilta | susheilta | |
allative | sushille | susheille | |
essive | sushina | susheina | |
translative | sushiksi | susheiksi | |
instructive | — | sushein | |
abessive | sushitta | susheitta | |
comitative | — | susheineen |
Possessive forms of sushi (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | sushini | sushimme |
2nd person | sushisi | sushinne |
3rd person | sushinsa |
Indonesian
Italian

un vassoio di sushi – a sushi platter
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 寿司 (すし, sushi, “sushi (sour rice)”), ultimately from the archaic conjugation 酸し (sushi, “sour, vinegared”) of the adjective 酸い (sui, “sour, vinegared”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuʃ.ʃi/
- Rhymes: -uʃʃi
- Hyphenation: sù‧shi
Related terms
- susci
Further reading
- sushi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.ɕi/, /ˈsu.ʂi/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uɕi, -uʂi
- Syllabification: su‧shi
- Homophone: susi
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuʃi/ [ˈsu.ʃi]
- Rhymes: -uʃi
- Syllabification: su‧shi
Further reading
- “sushi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Swedish
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: su‧shi
- IPA(key): /ˈsusji/, [ˈsu.ʃɪ]
Further reading
- “sushi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
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