shiitake

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• UK: /ʃiːˈtɑːkeɪ/
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• UK: /ʃɪˈtɑːkeɪ/
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• US: /ʃɪˈtɑkeɪ/
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• US: /ʃɪˈtɑki/
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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.

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sjiïtake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Arabic: شِيتَاكِي (šītākī) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Azerbaijani: şitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Catalan: xiitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Chinese Cantonese: 冬菇 — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Eastern Min Chinese: 香菰 (hiŏng-gŭ) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Eastern Min Chinese: 香菇 (hiŏng-gŭ) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Chinese: 厚菇 (kāu-ko͘) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Chinese Mandarin: 香菇 (xiānggū) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Chinese Mandarin: 冬菇 (dōnggū) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Czech: houževnatec jedlý — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Czech: šiitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Dutch: shiitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Esperanto: ŝitako — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Finnish: siitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Finnish: shiitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Finnish: siitakesieni — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• French: lentin du chêne — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• French: shiitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• French: shiitaké — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• French: shitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• French: shitaké — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• French: champignon parfumé — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• French: champignon chinois — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• German: Shiitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Greek: σιτάκε (sitáke) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Hungarian: siitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Hungarian: illatos fagomba — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Indonesian: hioko — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Indonesian: shitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Irish: síotaicé — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Italian: shiitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Japanese: 椎茸 (shītake) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Japanese: シイタケ (shītake) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Japanese: 冬子 (donko) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Japanese: ドンコ (donko) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Korean: 표고 (pyogo) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Korean: 표고버섯 (pyogobeoseot) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Macedonian: шита́ке (šitáke) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Nepali: मृगे च्याउ (mr̥ge cyāu) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Persian: شیتاکه (šitâke) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Polish: shiitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Polish: twardziak japoński — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Polish: twardnik japoński — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Polish: twardziak jadalny — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Portuguese: shiitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Portuguese: shitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Russian: шиита́ке (šiitáke) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Russian: сянгу́ (sjangú) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Serbo-Croatian: мирисна аниска — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Serbo-Croatian: шитаке — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Serbo-Croatian: mirisna aniska — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Serbo-Croatian: šitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Spanish: shiitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Spanish: shitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Spanish: hongo del árbol shii — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Swedish: shiitake — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Thai: เห็ดหอม (hèt hŏm) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Thao: qalisqisan — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Turkish: şitaki — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Turkish: şitaki mantarı — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Ukrainian: шіїтаке́ (šijitaké) — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Vietnamese: nấm hương — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Vietnamese: nấm đông cô — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Zhuang: raet — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Zhuang: raetnae — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom
• Zhuang: yiengsaenq — Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom