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fishcake en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɪʃˌkeɪk/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From fish + cake.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato or another starch, and seasoning, made into a patty and shallow fried.
   • Appetizers came, but after a few minutes of lifting forkfuls of air, some couples went feral, snatching fistfuls of fishcake and pawing at the mesclun. 2010 May 7, Sarah Maslin Nir, “Nocturnalist | If Seeing Is Believing, What Is Tasting?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2010:
   • There were rumours, new rumours every morning, delightful and outrageous rumours, so that the lumps in the porridge were swallowed without comment and the fish-cakes were eaten without contumely. 1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:

Forms

Relateds

fishball · crab stick · fish stick · crab cake · fishmeal

Translations (16)

cmn 魚餅 /鱼饼 (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried) · ko 어묵 (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried) · de Fischlaibchen (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried) · vi chả cá (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried) · de Fischplätzchen (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried) · nb fiskekake (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried) · ko 물고기떡 (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried) · fi kalapihvi (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried) · da fiskefrikadelle (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried) · sv fiskkaka (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried) · nn fiskekake (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried) · pl placek rybny (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried) · th ทอดมัน (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried) · fr acras (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried) · my ငါးဖယ် (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried) · de Fischfrikadelle (mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato and season made into a patty and shallow fried)