mochi

See also: Mochi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 餅(もち) (mochi).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊtʃi/, /ˈmɒtʃi/

Noun

mochi (countable and uncountable, plural mochis or mochi)

1. A small Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice.
   • 2013, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Tofu and Tofu Products (965 CE to 2013), Soyinfo Center, →ISBN, page 1146:

     Many of Japan's most popular confections are dusted with a light coating of sweetened kinako. These confections usually consist of a grain such as mochi (pounded glutinous rice) […]

   • 2016 June 27, Tejal Rao, “Making Mochi, a Japanese Treat That’s All About Texture”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     And when it comes to mochi, the Japanese rice dough, much of its appeal can be attributed to a glorious bounce or a gelatinous squish or a comforting kind of gloop.

Derived terms

• butter mochi

Translations

rice cake made from glutinous rice

• Arabic: موتْشِي m (mūtšī, mōtšī)

  Hijazi Arabic: موتشي m (mōtši)

• Armenian: մոտի (hy) (moti), մոչի (močʻi)
• Burmese: မွာချီး (mwahkyi:)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 麻糍 (zh-min-nan) (môa-chî)

  Mandarin: 麻糬 (zh) (máshǔ)

  Dalian Mandarin: 磨嘰／磨叽 (zh) (mòji)

• Finnish: mochi, riisikakku
• French: mochi (fr) m
• Indonesian: moci
• Japanese: 餅 (ja) (もち, mochi)
• Khmer: ម៉ូជី (moucii)
• Korean: 모찌 (ko) (mojji), 떡 (ko) (tteok) (tteok)
• Okinawan: 餅 (muchi)
• Russian: мо́ти (ru) n (móti), ри́совая лепёшка f (rísovaja lepjóška)
• Thai: โมจิ (moo-jì)

See also

• daifuku
• wagashi

Further reading

• mochi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• chimo, ohmic

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

mochi

1. all

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ki/
• Rhymes: -ɔki
• Hyphenation: mò‧chi

Etymology 1

Plural of moco.

Noun

mochi m pl (plural only)

1. bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia)

   Synonym: (Tuscany) girlo

2. Synonym of cicerchia (“chickling vetch”)

   Synonym: (Tuscany) girlo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mochi m pl

1. plural of moco

Further reading

• mochi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• chimo

Japanese

Romanization

mochi

1. Rōmaji transcription of もち
2. Rōmaji transcription of モチ

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔxi/
• Rhymes: -ɔxi
• Syllabification: mo‧chi

Noun

mochi

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of moch