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gravlax en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡɹavˌlaks/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɡɹɑvˌlɑks/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer.

Forms

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gravadlax alternative lexicographic
gravlaks alternative lexicographic
gravad lax alternative lexicographic

Translations (27)

cmn 醃製鮭魚 /腌制鲑鱼 (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · nb gravlaks (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · be гра́ўлакс (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · pt gravlax (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · et soolalõhe (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · et kergsoolalõhe (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · ja グラブラックス (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · fi graavilohi (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · ru гра́влакс (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · fr gravlax (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · sv gravlax (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · sv gravad lax (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · hy գրաավիլոհի (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · de Graved Lachs (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · de Gravlax (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · ko 그라브락스 (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · nb gravet laks (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · tr somon tuzlama (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · et graavilõhe (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · bg гравлакс (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · is graflax (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · fr gravelax (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · cmn 醃製三文魚 /腌制三文鱼 (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · li graafzalm (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · da gravad laks (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · hy գրավլաքս (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) · ru гра́авилохи (appetizer of dry-cured salmon)