Kimchi Definition

kĭmchē
kimchi, kimchis
noun
A spicy Korean dish consisting of pickled cabbage, peppers, garlic, etc.
Webster's New World

(slang, ethnic slur, pejorative) A Korean person.

Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Kimchi

Noun

Singular:
kimchi
Plural:
kimchis

Origin of Kimchi

  • Korean kimch’i possibly from an unattested Old Korean form kimch’ae kim salty (from Middle Chinese ɤəɨm) (also the source of Mandarin xián) ch’ae vegetable, greens (from Middle Chinese tshaj` bok choy)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Korean 김치 (gimchi), derived from 침채 (chimchae; 沈菜) in the late Koryo dynasty.

    From Wiktionary

Kimchi Sentence Examples

  • Raw unsalted kimchi is an excellent probiotic source, and you will know your food is alive and flourishing by the way the sauerkraut expands and pours out of the jar upon opening.

  • Kimchi, a pickled cabbage dish that tends to be very spicy.

  • These include printed leather handbags from Kimchi, embroidered silk purses from Alice Caroline and Swarovski crystal belt charms from Virginie Brisset.

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Words Starting With

KKIKIM

Words Ending With

IHICHI

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