sushi
/ˈsuːʃi/US/ˈsuʃi/
sushi noun: 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.
Noun (1)
sushi (usually uncountable, plural sushis or sushi)
- 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.
- He went to a Japanese restaurant and ordered sushi and noodles.
- One of the portions from this dish.
- 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.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....
- 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.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
- Raw fish, especially as a Japanese dish.
- '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!2012, Alison Acheson, Molly's Cue, page 26
Verb
sushi (third-person singular simple present sushis, present participle sushiing, simple past and past participle sushied)
- To prepare (a food) as sushi.
- Our finned friends come in all varieties: sushi-ed, fresh, smoked and otherwise packaged for your consumption.2017, Korina Miller, Kate Armstrong, Lonely Planet Canada
Noun (2) capitalized: Sushi
Sushi (plural Sushis)
- A person who typifies a mixture of Shiism and Sunnism
- Then there are the "Sushi" neighborhoods and towns - a mixture of some Sunni, some Shia, hence Sushi2007, Francis X. Callahan, Does W Stand for Worst?: The Record of G.W. Bush - Page 160
- ... particularly from the Sunnis you talked to, and the Shias were always angry. (Ali calls himself Sushi so it's kind of a mixture.)2007, John Palattella, Reporting Iraq - Page 173
sushi meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sushi in Hindi
- Japanese dish
- सुशी suśī, सूशी sūśī
sushi in Tamil
- Japanese dish
- சுசீ cucī, சூசீ cūcī
sushi in Marathi
- Japanese dish
- सुशी suśī, सूशी sūśī
sushi in Urdu
- Japanese dish
- سُشی suśī, سُوشی sūśī
More languagesFewer languages
- sushi in Bengali
- সুশি śuśi
- sushi in Telugu
- సుశీ suśī, సూశీ sūśī
- sushi in Malayalam
- സുഷി suṣi
- sushi in Kannada
- ಸುಶೀ suśī, ಸೂಶೀ sūśī
- sushi in Punjabi
- ਸੂਸ਼ੀ sūśī, ਸੁਸ਼ੀ suśī
- sushi in Gujarati
- સુશી suśī
- sushi in Odia
- ସୁଶି, ସୁଶୀ, ସୁଶିଙ୍କୁ
- sushi in Sinhala
- සුෂි suṣi
- sushi in Nepali
- सुसी susī
- sushi in Tagalog
- sushi
- sushi in Arabic
- سُوشِي sūšī
- sushi in Malay
- susyi
- sushi in Indonesian
- sushi, susyi
- sushi in Thai
- ซูชิ suu-chí
- sushi in Vietnamese
- sushi
- sushi in Myanmar
- ဆူရှီ hcuhri
Examples of sushi in a sentence
- Suzuributa.—Mashed fish, eggs, 'sushi' of shrimps, plum cake, black mushroom, plum, and finely cut orange.1879 October 4, W. H. Patterson, “Japanese Cookery”, in Notes and Queries, volume s5-XII, number 301, London: John Francis, →DOI, page 263:
- To appreciate sushi, you have to forget the tastes and textures that come with Western cuisine.2004, Chihiro Mazui, Kazuko Masui, “Introduction”, in Sushi Secrets, London: Hachette Illustrated, →ISBN, page 12:
- 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.2023 June 15, Rebecca Wallwork, “‘You had to be there’: Foods that taste better on home turf”, in CNN:
- I reach out and pop a sushi into my mouth while I’m waiting for someone to answer a question.1997, Jeffrey A. Kottler, “Focusing on People”, in Travel That Can Change Your Life: How to Create a Transformative Experience (Jossey-Bass...
Forms of sushi
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sushis |
| plural | sushi |
| plural | Sushis |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sushis |
| present participle | sushiing |
| past participle | sushied |
| past | sushied |
Origin of 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”).
Words formed from sushi
Phrases with sushi
Words that rhyme with sushi
Questions about sushi
- What does sushi mean?
- Sushi means 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.
- What is sushi in Hindi?
- Sushi in Hindi is सुशी (suśī), सूशी (sūśī). See Sushi meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use sushi in a sentence?
- Suzuributa.—Mashed fish, eggs, 'sushi' of shrimps, plum cake, black mushroom, plum, and finely cut orange.
- What part of speech is sushi?
- Sushi can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce sushi?
- Sushi is pronounced /ˈsuːʃi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sushi?
- The plural of sushi is sushis.
Words near sushi in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sushi (page history and authors); Sushi (page history and authors); sushi (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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