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teriyaki

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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  • UK: /ˌtɛ.ɹɪˈjɑː.ki/
  • UK: /ˌtɛ.ɹiˈjæ.ki/
  • General-American: /ˌtɛ.ɹiˈjɑ.ki/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˌte.ɹiːˈjɐː.ki/
  • rhymes with -ɑːki
  • CMU ARPABET: T EH2 R IH0 Y AA1 K IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which foods are broiled or grilled in a sweet soy sauce marinade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A sweet soy sauce marinade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Put some teriyaki on it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

beef or chicken or seafood marinated in spicy soy sauce and grilled or broiled

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dish

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 照(て)り焼(や)き (teriyaki).

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تِيرْيَاكِي (tiryākī) — cooking technique
  • Armenian: թերեյակի (tʻereyaki) — cooking technique
  • Chinese Mandarin: 照燒 /照烧 (zhàoshāo) — cooking technique
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅燒 /红烧 (hóngshāo) — cooking technique
  • Czech: terijaki — cooking technique
  • Dutch: teriyaki — cooking technique
  • Finnish: teriyaki — cooking technique
  • German: Teriyaki — cooking technique
  • Hindi: तैरियाकी (tairiyākī) — cooking technique
  • Indonesian: teriyaki — cooking technique
  • Italian: teriyaki — cooking technique
  • Japanese: 照り焼き (teriyaki) — cooking technique
  • Japanese: テリヤキ (teriyaki) — cooking technique
  • Korean: 데리야끼 (deriyakki) — cooking technique
  • Malay: teriyaki — cooking technique
  • Marathi: तेरियाकी (teriyākī) — cooking technique
  • Persian: ترییاکی — cooking technique
  • Polish: teriyaki — cooking technique
  • Portuguese: teriyaki — cooking technique
  • Russian: тэрия́ки (tɛrijáki) — cooking technique
  • Russian: терия́ки (tɛrijáki) — cooking technique
  • Spanish: teriyaki — cooking technique
  • Swedish: teriyaki — cooking technique
  • Thai: เทอริยากิ (təə-rí-yaa-gì) — cooking technique
  • Turkish: teriyaki — cooking technique
  • Ukrainian: теріякі (terijaki) — cooking technique
  • Urdu: تیریاکی (tairiyākī) — cooking technique
  • Dutch: teriyakisaus — sweet soy sauce marinade
  • Finnish: teriyaki-kastike — sweet soy sauce marinade
  • German: Teriyaki-Soße — sweet soy sauce marinade
  • German: Teriyaki-Sauce — sweet soy sauce marinade
  • Indonesian: saus teriyaki — sweet soy sauce marinade
  • Japanese: テリヤキソース (teriyakisōsu) — sweet soy sauce marinade
  • Polish: sos teriyaki — sweet soy sauce marinade
  • Thai: ซอสเทริยากิ (sɔ́ɔt-təə-rí-yaa-gì) — sweet soy sauce marinade
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