mochi en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɒtʃi/
- (US) audio
- /ˈmoʊtʃi/
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 餅(もち) (mochi).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A small Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice.
And when it comes to mochi, the Japanese rice dough, much of its appeal can be attributed to a glorious bounce or a gelatinous squish or a comforting kind of gloop. One of the most popular ways to eat mochi is in the sweet packages known as daifuku: The dough is stretched around a filling of red bean paste, or creams in flavors like green tea, chocolate or strawberries.
2016 June 27, Tejal Rao, “Making Mochi, a Japanese Treat That’s All About Texture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2021:Many of Japan's most popular confections are dusted with a light coating of sweetened kinako. These confections usually consist of a grain such as mochi (pounded glutinous rice) […]
2013, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Tofu and Tofu Products (965 CE to 2013), Soyinfo Center, →ISBN, page 1146:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mochi | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| mochis | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (20)
cmn 麻糬 (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · hy մոչի (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · my မွာချီး (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · fr mochi (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · ko 모찌 (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · ja 餅 (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · fi mochi (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · nan-hbl 麻糍 (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · km ម៉ូជី (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · fi riisikakku (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · hy մոտի (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · acw موتشي (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · id moci (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · ru ри́совая лепёшка (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · ru мо́ти (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · ar موتْشِي (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · ryu 餅 (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · ko 떡 (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · th โมจิ (rice cake made from glutinous rice) · cmn 磨嘰 /磨叽 (rice cake made from glutinous rice)