jeotgal

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noun

A Korean condiment made from salted fermented seafood.

OriginKorean 젓갈 →
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Meanings

nounjeotgal (usually uncountable, plural jeotgals)

plural jeotgals

  1. uncountableusuallyA Korean condiment made from salted fermented seafood.

    All amplified lnuA gene fragments showed nearly identical sequence identity, even though the harboring strains were isolated from two different types of jeotgal.

    2015 October 9, “Characterization of Mobile Staphylococcus equorum Plasmids Isolated from Fermented Seafood That Confer Lincomycin Resistance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

  1. Korean젓갈
  2. Englishjeotgal

Borrowed from Korean 젓갈 (jeotgal).

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APA

jeotgal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jeotgal

MLA

“jeotgal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jeotgal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jeotgal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jeotgal.

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