sushi

See also: Sushi, sùshí, and sūshi

English

Different types of sushi ready to be eaten.

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʊʃi, -uːʃi
• Homophone: souchy

Noun

sushi (usually uncountable, plural sushis)

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.

2. (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!

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.
• 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 belt
• sushi burrito
• sushi-go-round
• sushi grade
• sushi knife
• sushi-meshi
• sushi pizza
• sushi rice
• sushi train
• tongue sushi

 

Translations

Japanese dish

• Albanian: sushi
• Amharic: ሱሺ (suši)
• Arabic: سُوشِي m (sūšī)
• Armenian: սուշի (hy) (suši)
• Azerbaijani: suşi
• Basque: sushi
• Bavarian: Suschi
• Belarusian: су́шы n (súšy)
• Bengali: সুশি (śuśi)
• Breton: sushi
• Bulgarian: су́ши (bg) n (súši)
• Burmese: ဆူရှီ (hcuhri)
• Catalan: sushi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 壽司 / 寿司 (sau⁶ si¹)

  Hakka: 壽司 / 寿司 (su-sí)

  Hokkien: 臭酸飯 / 臭酸饭 (chhàu-sng-pn̄g), 醋飯箍 / 醋饭箍 (chhò͘-pn̄g-kho͘), 壽司 / 寿司 (sú-sih)

  Mandarin: 壽司 / 寿司 (zh) (shòusī), 日本壽司 / 日本寿司 (Rìběn shòusī)

• Classical Nahuatl: sushi
• Czech: suši (cs)
• Danish: sushi (da)
• Dutch: sushi (nl)
• Esperanto: suŝio
• Estonian: suši
• Faroese: sushi
• Finnish: sushi (fi), suši (fi)
• French: sushi (fr) m
• Galician: sushi
• Georgian: სუში (suši)
• German: Sushi (de) n
• Greek: σούσι (el) (soúsi)
• Gujarati: સુશી (suśī)
• Hebrew: סוּשִׁי (he) m (súshi)
• Hindi: सुशी (suśī), सूशी (sūśī)
• Hungarian: szusi (hu)
• Icelandic: sushi
• Ido: sushi (io)
• Indonesian: sushi, susyi
• Irish: súisí
• Italian: sushi (it)
• Japanese: 寿司 (ja), 鮨 (ja), 鮓 (ja), すし (ja) (sushi)
• Javanese: sushi
• Kannada: ಸುಶೀ (suśī), ಸೂಶೀ (sūśī)
• Kazakh: суши (suşi)
• Khmer: ស៊ូស៊ី (suusii)
• Korean: 초밥 (ko) (chobap), 스시 (ko) (seusi)
• Kyrgyz: суши (suşi)
• Lao: ຊູຊິ (sū si)
• Latvian: suši (lv)
• Lithuanian: sušis m
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: soesie

• Lü: ᦌᦳᦌᦲ (susii)
• Macedonian: су́ши n (súši)
• Malay: susyi
• Malayalam: സുഷി (ml) (suṣi)
• Maltese: suxi
• Marathi: सुशी f (suśī), सूशी f (sūśī)
• Navajo: łóóʼ tʼáá tʼéehgo bił asdisígíí, łóóʼ binááʼádaałtsʼózí deiyánígíí
• Nepali: सुसी (susī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sushi

• Persian: سوشی (suši)
• Polish: sushi (pl) n
• Portuguese: sushi (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਸੂਸ਼ੀ (sūśī), ਸੁਸ਼ੀ (suśī)
• Romanian: sushi (ro)
• Russian: су́ши (ru) n (súši), су́си (ru) n (súsi)
• Scots: sushi
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: су̏ши m

  Roman: sȕši (sh) m

• Sinhalese: සුෂි (suṣi)
• Slovak: suši
• Slovene: suši m
• Spanish: sushi (es) m
• Swahili: sushi
• Swedish: sushi (sv) c
• Tagalog: sushi
• Tajik: суши (suš-i)
• Tamil: சுசீ (cucī), சூசீ (cūcī)
• Telugu: సుశీ (suśī), సూశీ (sūśī)
• Thai: ซูชิ (th) (suu-chí)
• Tibetan: ཧྲོའུ་སི (hro'u si)
• Turkish: suşi (tr)
• Turkmen: suşi
• Ukrainian: су́ші n (súši)
• Urdu: سشی (suśī), سوشی (sūśī)
• Uzbek: sushi
• Vietnamese: sushi
• Welsh: swshi m
• Yiddish: סושי m (sushi)

See also

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

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• Shius

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Declension

Declension of sushi (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	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

Catalan

Noun

sushi m (plural sushis)

1. sushi

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司.

Noun

sushi

1. sushi

Declension

Declension of sushi

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	sushi	sushien
genitive	sushis	sushiens

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ʃi/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: su‧shi

Noun

sushi m (plural sushi's or sushi)

1. sushi

Derived terms

• sushiazijn
• sushirestaurant
• sushitent

Finnish

Alternative forms

• suši

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sushi

1. sushi

Declension

Inflection of sushi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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
abessive		sushitta	susheitta
instructive		—	sushein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of sushi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sushini sushini accusative nom. sushini sushini gen. sushini genitive sushini sushieni partitive sushiani sushejani inessive sushissani susheissani elative sushistani susheistani illative sushiini susheihini adessive sushillani susheillani ablative sushiltani susheiltani allative sushilleni susheilleni essive sushinani susheinani translative sushikseni susheikseni abessive sushittani susheittani instructive — — comitative — susheineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sushisi sushisi accusative nom. sushisi sushisi gen. sushisi genitive sushisi sushiesi partitive sushiasi sushejasi inessive sushissasi susheissasi elative sushistasi susheistasi illative sushiisi susheihisi adessive sushillasi susheillasi ablative sushiltasi susheiltasi allative sushillesi susheillesi essive sushinasi susheinasi translative sushiksesi susheiksesi abessive sushittasi susheittasi instructive — — comitative — susheinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sushimme sushimme accusative nom. sushimme sushimme gen. sushimme genitive sushimme sushiemme partitive sushiamme sushejamme inessive sushissamme susheissamme elative sushistamme susheistamme illative sushiimme susheihimme adessive sushillamme susheillamme ablative sushiltamme susheiltamme allative sushillemme susheillemme essive sushinamme susheinamme translative sushiksemme susheiksemme abessive sushittamme susheittamme instructive — — comitative — susheinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sushinne sushinne accusative nom. sushinne sushinne gen. sushinne genitive sushinne sushienne partitive sushianne sushejanne inessive sushissanne susheissanne elative sushistanne susheistanne illative sushiinne susheihinne adessive sushillanne susheillanne ablative sushiltanne susheiltanne allative sushillenne susheillenne essive sushinanne susheinanne translative sushiksenne susheiksenne abessive sushittanne susheittanne instructive — — comitative — susheinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative sushinsa sushinsa accusative nom. sushinsa sushinsa gen. sushinsa genitive sushinsa sushiensa partitive sushiaan sushiansa sushejaan sushejansa inessive sushissaan sushissansa susheissaan susheissansa elative sushistaan sushistansa susheistaan susheistansa illative sushiinsa susheihinsa adessive sushillaan sushillansa susheillaan susheillansa ablative sushiltaan sushiltansa susheiltaan susheiltansa allative sushilleen sushillensa susheilleen susheillensa essive sushinaan sushinansa susheinaan susheinansa translative sushikseen sushiksensa susheikseen susheiksensa abessive sushittaan sushittansa susheittaan susheittansa instructive — — comitative — susheineen susheinensa

Further reading

• “sushi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /sy.ʃi/

• Audio:

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Noun

sushi m (plural sushis)

1. sushi

Indonesian

Noun

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.

Italian

un vassoio di sushi – a sushi platter

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司(すし) (sushi), ultimately from the archaic adjective 酸(す)し (sushi, “sour, vinegared”) (modern counterpart: 酸(す)い (sui)), derived from 酢(す) (su, “vinegar”), of uncertain further origin.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sushi m (uncountable)

1. sushi

Related terms

• susci

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

sushi

1. Rōmaji transcription of すし

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish sucio and Portuguese sujo and Kabuverdianu suja.

Adjective

sushi

1. dirty

Noun

sushi

1. dirt, waste
2. dust bin

Polish

sushi

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sushi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɕi/, /ˈsu.ʂi/

• Audio:

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

Noun

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)

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ʃi/

Noun

sushi m (plural sushis)

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

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sushi m (plural sushis)

1. sushi

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

sushi class IX (plural sushi class X)

1. sushi

Swedish

en bit sushi som plockas upp med (ät)pinnar [a piece of sushi being picked up with chopsticks]

Etymology

From Japanese 寿司 (sushi).

Noun

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

   beställa 12 bitar sushi

   order 12 pieces of sushi

   sushirullar inlindade i nori

   sushi rolls wrapped in nori

   hemgjord sushi

   homemade sushi

Declension

Declension of sushi

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sushi	sushis
	definite	sushin	sushins
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

See also

• doppa (“dip”)
• inlagd (“pickled”) ingefära (“ginger”)
• japansk (“Japanese”)
• maki
• misosoppa (“miso soup”)
• munsbit (“bite-sized amount of food”)
• nigiri
• nori
• pinnar (“chopsticks”)
• ris (“rice”)
• rulle (“roll”)
• rå (“raw”) fisk (“fish”)
• sashimi
• soja(sås) (“soy sauce”)
• vinäger (“vinegar”)
• wasabi

References

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese sushi, the Hepburn romaji of 寿司(すし) (sushi).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sushi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜒ)

1. sushi (Japanese dish)

Further reading

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