ceviche

English

A lobster and shrimp ceviche

Alternative forms

• cebiche, seviche

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cebiche, of uncertain origin; see that entry for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈviːt͡ʃeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: ce‧vi‧che

Noun

ceviche (countable and uncountable, plural ceviches)

1. (cooking) Raw seafood cured by marination in an acidic medium such as citrus, vinegar, or other souring agent, found primarily in Latin America.

Translations

raw seafood cured by marination in an acidic medium

• Arabic: سيبيتشي m (sybytshi)
• Esperanto: cebiĉo, ceviĉo
• French: ceviche (fr) m
• German: Ceviche (de) n
• Italian: ceviche (it) f
• Japanese: セビチェ (sebiche)
• Korean: 세비체 (sebiche)
• Polish: ceviche (pl) n
• Russian: севи́че (ru) m (sevíče)
• Spanish: cebiche (es) m, seviche (es) m (Latin America), sebiche (es) m (Latin America), ceviche (es) m
• Thai: เซบิเช (say bì chay)
• Ukrainian: севі́че m (sevíče)

See also

• crudo
• poke

References

• Gran Cocina Latina (2012) by Maricel Presilla, p. 479. →ISBN.

Further reading

• ceviche on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Spanish.

Noun

ceviche m (plural ceviches)

1. ceviche

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cebiche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.vi.ke/
• Rhymes: -evike
• Hyphenation: cé‧vi‧che

Noun

ceviche f (plural cevichi)

1. (cooking) ceviche

Spanish

Noun

ceviche m (plural ceviches)

1. Alternative spelling of cebiche

Derived terms

• ceviche volquetero

 

Further reading

• “ceviche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10