gravlax

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UK/ˈɡɹavˌlaks/US/ˈɡɹɑvˌlɑks/

noun

Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer.

OriginSwedish gravlax →
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Meanings

noungravlax (uncountable)

alternative gravadlax · alternative gravad lax · alternative gravlaks

  1. uncountableSalmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer.

Origin

  1. Swedishgravlax
  2. Englishgravlax

Borrowed from Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”).

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Translations

Bulgarian гравлакс
  • гравлакс (gravlaks)appetizer of dry-cured salmon
Chinese Mandarin 醃製鮭魚 /腌制鲑鱼, 醃製三文魚 /腌制三文鱼
  • 醃製鮭魚 /腌制鲑鱼 (yānzhì guīyú)appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • 醃製三文魚 /腌制三文鱼 (yānzhì sānwényú)appetizer of dry-cured salmon
Danish gravad laks
  • gravad laksappetizer of dry-cured salmon
Estonian soolalõhe, kergsoolalõhe
  • soolalõheappetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • kergsoolalõheappetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • graavilõheappetizer of dry-cured salmon
Finnish graavilohi
  • graavilohiappetizer of dry-cured salmon
French gravlax, gravelax
  • gravlaxappetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • gravelaxappetizer of dry-cured salmon
German Graved Lachs, Gravlax
  • Graved Lachsappetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Gravlaxappetizer of dry-cured salmon
Icelandic graflax
  • graflaxappetizer of dry-cured salmon
Japanese グラブラックス
  • グラブラックス (guraburakkusu)appetizer of dry-cured salmon
Korean 그라브락스
  • 그라브락스 (geurabeurakseu)appetizer of dry-cured salmon
Norwegian Bokmål gravlaks, gravet laks
  • gravlaksappetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • gravet laksappetizer of dry-cured salmon
Portuguese gravlax
  • gravlaxappetizer of dry-cured salmon
Russian гра́авилохи, гра́влакс
  • гра́авилохи (gráaviloxi)appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • гра́влакс (grávlaks)appetizer of dry-cured salmon
Swedish gravlax, gravad lax
  • gravlaxappetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • gravad laxappetizer of dry-cured salmon
Turkish somon tuzlama
  • somon tuzlamaappetizer of dry-cured salmon

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gravlax

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Cite this entry
APA

gravlax. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravlax

MLA

“gravlax.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravlax. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gravlax,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravlax.

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