Meanings
nounglutinous rice (countable and uncountable, plural glutinous rices)
plural glutinous rices
- countableuncountableA variety of short-grain rice popular in Southeast and East Asia, known for its stickiness when cooked.
Synonyms: biroin chal, botan rice, mochi rice, pearl rice, sticky rice, sweet rice, waxy rice
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA variety of short-grain rice popular in Southeast and East Asia, known for its stickiness when cooked.
Translations
Bulgarian лепкав ориз
- лепкав ориз (lepkav oriz)rice variety
Catalan arròs glutinós
- arròs glutinósrice variety
Chinese Cantonese 糯米
- 糯米rice variety
Chinese Mandarin 糯米, 秫米
- 糯米 (nuòmǐ)rice variety
- 秫米 (shúmǐ)rice variety
Finnish tahmariisi, puuroutuva riisi
- tahmariisirice variety
- puuroutuva riisirice variety
French riz gluant
- riz gluantrice variety
German Klebreis
- Klebreisrice variety
Indonesian beras ketan, ketan
- beras ketanrice variety
- ketanrice variety
- pulutrice variety
Japanese もち米
- もち米 (mochigome)rice variety
Korean 찹쌀
- 찹쌀 (chapssal)rice variety
Malay pulut
- pulutrice variety
Polish ryż kleisty
- ryż kleistyrice variety
Portuguese arroz glutinoso
- arroz glutinosorice variety
Russian кле́йкий рис
- кле́йкий рис (kléjkij ris)rice variety
Swedish klibbris
- klibbrisrice variety
Tagalog malagkit
- malagkitrice variety
Thai ข้าวเหนียว
- ข้าวเหนียว (kâao-nǐao)rice variety
Vietnamese nếp, gạo nếp
- nếprice variety
- gạo nếprice variety
- cơm nếprice variety
Cite this entry
APA
glutinous rice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glutinous%20rice
MLA
“glutinous rice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glutinous%20rice. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glutinous rice,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glutinous%20rice.
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