different between korean vs kimchi

Esperanto

Adjective

korean

1. accusative singular of korea

Finnish

Adjective

korean

1. Genitive singular form of korea.

Noun

korean

1. Genitive singular form of korea.

Anagrams

• erakon, kerona, nokare

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

korean m (definite singular koreanen, indefinite plural koreanar, definite plural koreanane)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by koreanar

Swedish

Etymology

Korea +? -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?re??a?n/

Noun

korean c

1. a Korean

Declension

See also

• sydkorean
• nordkorean

Anagrams

• ekorna, kornea

English

Alternative forms

• kimchee, kim chee, gimchee

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean ?? (gimchi). See there for an explanation of the etymology on the Korean side, but ultimately from Sino-Korean ?? (“soaked vegetables”). Doublet of kimuchi.

Pronunciation

Noun

kimchi (usually uncountable, plural kimchis)

1. A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.
2. (slang, ethnic slur, derogatory) A Korean person.
   • 1994, Richard Marcinko, Rogue Warrior II: Red Cell, Pocket Books, page 238:

     How did I know the kimchis were trying to smuggle the crate out of Japan?

   • 2007, Pamela Goyan Kittler and Kathryn Sucher, Food and Culture, Cengage Learning, page 5:

     In the United States, Germans are sometimes called "krauts" ... Koreans "kimchis," and poor white Southerners "crackers"...

   • 2011, Gerald M. Weinberg, Freshman Murders, Weinberg & Weinberg:

     ... he doesn't know the difference between Ping-Pongs and Kimchis.

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kimt?i/, [?kimt??i]
• Syllabification: kim?chi

Noun

kimchi

1. kimchi

Declension

French

Etymology

From Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kimt.?i/

Noun

kimchi m (plural kimchis)

1. kimchi

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean ?? (gimchi). See there for more information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kimt??i/, [?k?m.t??i]

Noun

kimchi m (plural kimchis)

1. kimchi