English

Alternative forms

• kimchee, gimchee

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, pejorative) 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

Noun

kimchi

1. kimchi (Korean vegetable dish)

Declension

French

Etymology

From Korean

Noun

kimchi m ‎(plural kimchis)

1. kimchi

Spanish

Noun

kimchi m ‎(plural kimchis)

1. kimchi