Phrase guide

glutinous rice

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A variety of short-grain rice popular in Southeast and East Asia, known for its stickiness when cooked.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: biroin chal, botan rice, mochi rice, pearl rice, sticky rice, sweet rice, waxy rice

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: বৰা চাউল (bora saul) — rice variety
  • Bulgarian: лепкав ориз (lepkav oriz) — rice variety
  • Burmese: ကောက်ညှင်း (kaukhnyang:) — rice variety
  • Catalan: arròs glutinós — rice variety
  • Chinese Cantonese: 糯米 — rice variety
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 秫米 (sŭk-mī) — rice variety
  • Hakka Chinese: 糯米 (nò-mí) — rice variety
  • Chinese: 秫米 (zh-min-nan) — rice variety
  • Chinese Mandarin: 糯米 (nuòmǐ) — rice variety
  • Chinese Mandarin: 秫米 (shúmǐ) — rice variety
  • Finnish: tahmariisi — rice variety
  • Finnish: puuroutuva riisi — rice variety
  • French: riz gluant — rice variety
  • Galician: arroz glutinoso — rice variety
  • German: Klebreis — rice variety
  • Indonesian: beras ketan — rice variety
  • Indonesian: ketan — rice variety
  • Indonesian: pulut — rice variety
  • Japanese: もち米 (mochigome) — rice variety
  • Javanese: ꦏꦼꦠꦤ꧀ (ketan) — rice variety
  • Old Javanese: kĕtan — rice variety
  • Khmer: បាយដំណើប (baay dɑmnaəp) — rice variety
  • Korean: 찹쌀 (chapssal) — rice variety
  • Lao: ເຂົ້າຫນຽວ (khao niāu) — rice variety
  • Malay: pulut — rice variety
  • Mon: ပလေင်ဇြုင် — rice variety
  • Mon: ပလေင် — rice variety
  • Polish: ryż kleisty — rice variety
  • Portuguese: arroz glutinoso — rice variety
  • Russian: кле́йкий рис (kléjkij ris) — rice variety
  • Shan: ၶဝ်ႈၼဵဝ် (khāo nǎeo) — rice variety
  • Swedish: klibbris — rice variety
  • Tagalog: malagkit — rice variety
  • Thai: ข้าวเหนียว (kâao-nǐao) — rice variety
  • Vietnamese: nếp — rice variety
  • Vietnamese: gạo nếp — rice variety
  • Vietnamese: cơm nếp — rice variety
  • Zhuang: haeuxcid — rice variety