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shiitake en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ʃɪˈtɑːkeɪ/ (UK)
• /ʃɪˈtɑkeɪ/ (US)
• /ʃiːˈtɑːkeɪ/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ʃɪˈtɑki/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 椎茸 (shītake), from 椎 (shī, “a shii or chinquapin tree”) + 茸 (take, “a mushroom”), from the way the mushrooms tend to grow on chinquapin logs. First cited in English in 1877.

Meanings

1. A wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes.
   • Tea bag-style dashi kits are a better quick choice. They pack katsuobushi, kombu and often other ingredients, like dried baby sardines (niboshi) and shiitake mushrooms, into a steepable bag. 2022 October 19, J. Kenji López-Alt, “What Kenji López-Alt Makes His Family for Dinner”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2022:
   • Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.” 2020 May 19, Lisa Drayer, “How to eat less meat and more plants”, in CNN:

Forms

Synonyms

Chinese mushroom

Translations (67)

es hongo del árbol shii (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · fi siitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · fr champignon parfumé (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · ga síotaicé (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · fi shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · ca xiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · pt shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · yue 冬菇 (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · ko 표고버섯 (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · cdo 香菰 (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · fr champignon chinois (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · tr şitaki (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · es shitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · cs šiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · sh шитаке (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · fr shitaké (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · tr şitaki mantarı (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · ja 冬子 (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · cs houževnatec jedlý (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · ja 椎茸 (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · es shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · ko 표고 (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · vi nấm đông cô (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · cmn 冬菇 (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · pl twardziak jadalny (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · fr shiitaké (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · fr lentin du chêne (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · it shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · pl twardziak japoński (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · af sjiïtake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · th เห็ดหอม (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · za raetnae (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · ssf qalisqisan (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · cdo 香菇 (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · ja ドンコ (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · uk шіїтаке́ (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · el σιτάκε (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · de Shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · sv shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · fr shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · ru сянгу́ (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · sh mirisna aniska (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · sh мирисна аниска (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · id hioko (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · pl twardnik japoński (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · cmn 香菇 (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · id shitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · eo ŝitako (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · pl shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · fr shitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · nan-hbl 厚菇 (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · hu siitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · za yiengsaenq (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · fa شیتاکه (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · nl shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · ru шиита́ке (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · mk шита́ке (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · ne मृगे च्याउ (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · ar شِيتَاكِي (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · hu illatos fagomba (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · az şitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · pt shitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · ja シイタケ (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · fi siitakesieni (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · za raet (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · vi nấm hương (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) · sh šitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom)