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sashimi

noun · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • sə-shēʹ-mē
  • /səˈʃiːmi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːmi
  • săʹ-shĭ-mē
  • /ˈsæʃɪmi/
  • rhymes with -ɪmi

1

noun

Meaning 1

A dish consisting of thin slices or pieces of raw fish or meat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A thin slice or piece of raw fish or meat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, rare, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

very thinly sliced raw fish

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dish

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 刺身(さしみ) (sashimi, “sticking into; slicing + flesh, meat”), from the way the flesh of the fish is sliced

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ሳሺሚ (sašimi) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Arabic: سَاشِيمِي (sāšīmī) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Armenian: սաշիմի (sašimi) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Belarusian: сашы́мі (sašými) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Bengali: সাশিমি (śaśimi) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Bulgarian: саши́ми (sašími) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Burmese: ဆာရှိမိ (hcahri.mi.) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Chinese Cantonese: 刺身 (ci3 san1) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Chinese Cantonese: 魚生 /鱼生 (jyu4 saang1) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Chinese Cantonese: 生魚片 /生鱼片 — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Chinese: 刺身 (chhiah-sin) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Chinese: 沙西米 (sa-sí-mih) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 刺身 (cìshēn) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 魚生 /鱼生 (yúshēng) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生魚片 /生鱼片 (shēngyúpiàn) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 撒西米 (sāxīmǐ) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙西米 (shāxīmǐ) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Czech: sašimi — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Esperanto: saŝimo — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Finnish: sashimi — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • French: sashimi — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Georgian: საშიმი (sašimi) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • German: Sashimi — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Greek: σασίμι (sasími) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Gujarati: સશિમી (saśimī) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Gujarati: સાશિમી (sāśimī) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Hebrew: סָשִׁימִי (sashími) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Hindi: साशिमी (sāśimī) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Hindi: सशिमी (saśimī) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Hungarian: szasimi — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Indonesian: sashimi — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Japanese: 刺身 (sashimi) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Kannada: ಸಶಿಮೀ (saśimī) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Kannada: ಸಾಶಿಮೀ (sāśimī) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Korean: 생선회 (saengseonhoe) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Korean: 사시미 (sasimi) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Lao: ຊາຊິມິ (sā si mi) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • : ᦌᦱᦌᦲᦙᦲ (saasiimii) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Macedonian: саши́ми (sašími) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Malay: sasyimi — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Iranian Persian: ساشیمی (sâšimi) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Polish: sashimi — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Portuguese: sashimi — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Russian: саши́ми (sašími) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Russian: саси́ми (sasími) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Serbo-Croatian: сашими — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Serbo-Croatian: sašimi — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Sinhalese: සෂිමි (saṣimi) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Slovak: sašimi — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Slovene: sašimi — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Spanish: sashimi — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Tamil: சசிமீ (cacimī) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Tamil: சாசிமீ (cācimī) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Telugu: సశిమీ (saśimī) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Telugu: సాశిమీ (sāśimī) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Thai: ซาชิมิ (saa-chí-mí) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Turkish: saşimi — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Ukrainian: саші́мі (sašími) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Urdu: ساشِمی (sāśimī) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Urdu: سَشِمی (saśimī) — dish of slices of raw fish or meat
  • Welsh: sashimi — dish of slices of raw fish or meat