surimi

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/sʊəˈɹiːmi//ˈsʊəɹɪmi/

noun

A white paste, made from ground fish, that is used to make formed and textured food products.

OriginJapanese すり身 →
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Meanings

nounsurimi (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA white paste, made from ground fish, that is used to make formed and textured food products.

    In Singapore, the most popular surimi-based product is the fish ball, which is used in a local application, Yong Tau Foo.

    2005, Jae W. Park, editor, Surimi and Surimi Seafood, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 388

Origin

  1. Japaneseすり身“ground meat”
  2. Englishsurimi

Borrowed from Japanese すり身 (surimi, “ground meat”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 魚漿 /鱼浆, 魚糜 /鱼糜
  • 魚漿 /鱼浆 (yújiāng)type of seafood
  • 魚糜 /鱼糜 (yúmí)type of seafood
Dutch surimi
  • surimitype of seafood
Finnish surimi
  • surimitype of seafood
French surimi
  • surimitype of seafood
German Surimi
  • Surimitype of seafood
Italian surimi
  • surimitype of seafood
Japanese すり身
  • すり身 (surimi)type of seafood
Korean 연육
  • 연육 (yeonyuk)type of seafood
Polish surimi
  • surimitype of seafood
Russian сурими
  • сурими (surimi)type of seafood
Spanish surimi
  • surimitype of seafood
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