a Korean dish made of fermented vegetables with a sour and spicy taste
Synonyms and related words
Chinese, Korean and Japanese food
Chinese
chop suey
chow mein
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Kimchi is a Korean word which has its roots in the ancient form of the language, starting out in the 6th century as chimchae, with the literal meaning ‘soaked vegetables’. This was later modified to jimchi en route to the current form kimchi, with kimchee and gimchi as common variants in spelling.
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kimchi
noun uncountable
US /ˈkɪmtʃi/
or kimchee
US /ˈkɪmtʃi/
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a Korean dish made of fermented vegetables with a sour and spicy taste
Synonyms and related words
Chinese, Korean and Japanese food
Chinese
chop suey
chow mein
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Kimchi is a Korean word which has its roots in the ancient form of the language, starting out in the 6th century as chimchae, with the literal meaning ‘soaked vegetables’. This was later modified to jimchi en route to the current form kimchi, with kimchee and gimchi as common variants in spelling.