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gravlax

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡɹavˌlaks/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈɡɹɑvˌlɑks/
  • rhymes with -æks
  • rhymes with -ɑːks

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գրաավիլոհի (graavilohi) — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Armenian: գրավլաքս (gravlakʻs) — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Belarusian: гра́ўлакс (hráwlaks) — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Bulgarian: гравлакс (gravlaks) — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 醃製鮭魚 /腌制鲑鱼 (yānzhì guīyú) — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 醃製三文魚 /腌制三文鱼 (yānzhì sānwényú) — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Danish: gravad laks — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Estonian: soolalõhe — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Estonian: kergsoolalõhe — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Estonian: graavilõhe — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Finnish: graavilohi — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • French: gravlax — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • French: gravelax — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • German: Graved Lachs — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • German: Gravlax — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Icelandic: graflax — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Japanese: グラブラックス (guraburakkusu) — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Korean: 그라브락스 (geurabeurakseu) — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Limburgish: graafzalm — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Norwegian: gravlaks — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Norwegian: graven laks — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Portuguese: gravlax — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Russian: гра́авилохи (gráaviloxi) — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Russian: гра́влакс (grávlaks) — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Swedish: gravlax — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Swedish: gravad lax — appetizer of dry-cured salmon
  • Turkish: somon tuzlama — appetizer of dry-cured salmon