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rice vinegar

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of vinegar made from fermented rice or rice wine, used in Chinese, Japanese and Korean cooking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Across languages

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  • Albanian: oriz uthull — a type of vinegar
  • Armenian: բրինձ քացախ (brinj kʻacʻax) — a type of vinegar
  • Chinese Cantonese: 米醋 (mai5 cou3) — a type of vinegar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 米醋 (mǐcù) — a type of vinegar
  • Dutch: rijstazijn — a type of vinegar
  • Finnish: riisiviinietikka — a type of vinegar
  • French: vinaigre de riz — a type of vinegar
  • German: Reisessig — a type of vinegar
  • Hebrew: חומץ אורז (homets órez) — a type of vinegar
  • Hungarian: rizsecet — a type of vinegar
  • Indonesian: cuka beras — a type of vinegar
  • Italian: aceto di riso — a type of vinegar
  • Japanese: 米酢 (komezu) — a type of vinegar
  • Korean: 쌀 식초 (ssal sikcho) — a type of vinegar
  • Polish: ocet ryżowy — a type of vinegar
  • Portuguese: vinagre de arroz — a type of vinegar
  • Romanian: oțet de orez — a type of vinegar
  • Russian: ри́совый у́ксус (rísovyj úksus) — a type of vinegar
  • Spanish: vinagre de arroz — a type of vinegar
  • Thai: น้ําส้มสายชูข้าว (nám sôm săai choo kâao) — a type of vinegar
  • Turkish: pirinç sirkesi — a type of vinegar
  • Vietnamese: gạo dấm — a type of vinegar