English kimchi adapts Korean 김치 through the established romanized spelling; kimchee is a secondary English variant.
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kimchi
Korean fermented vegetable preparation
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedKorean · historical and modern Korean · fermented food김치
vegetables salted, seasoned, and fermented
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The name of the fermented preparation travels with the food category.
English first-known-use report: 1888.
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Kimchi — Word HistoryWord History — Korean kimch’i
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Identifies the Korean source of English kimchi.
김치 — Korean Basic Dictionaryheadword 김치 and definition
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Directly documents the living Korean form and food sense.
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