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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessalmão defumado
Pronunciation / Transliteration: salmão defumado
"Comprei salmão defumado para fazer sanduíches."
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Brine-cured, usually cold-smoked salmon, typically served thinly sliced on a bagel with cream cheese.
"She ordered a toasted bagel with cream cheese, lox, and capers for breakfast."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Yiddish word 'laks', meaning salmon, which traces back to the Middle High German word 'lahs' and ultimately to Proto-Germanic '*lahsaz'. Originally used in Eastern European Jewish cuisine, the term was adopted into American English through Jewish immigration to New York in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Lox" is said worldwide
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saumon fumé
Transliteration: somon fumé
"Elle aime manger du saumon fumé sur un bagel."
Lachs
Transliteration: laks
"Geräucherter Lachs ist sehr lecker auf Brot."
salmone affumicato
Transliteration: salmone affumicato
"Ho ordinato un bagel con salmone affumicato."
salmón ahumado
Transliteration: salmón ahumado
"El salmón ahumado es perfecto para el desayuno."
salmão defumado
Transliteration: salmão defumado
"Comprei salmão defumado para fazer sanduíches."
धूम्रक्षेपित सामन
Transliteration: dhumrakshapit saman
"नाश्ते के लिए मुझे धूम्रक्षेपित सामन पसंद है।"
熏三文鱼
Transliteration: xūn sānwényú
"我早餐想吃配有熏三文鱼的贝果。"
훈제 연어
Transliteration: hunje yeon-eo
"베이글에 훈제 연어를 얹어 먹는 것을 좋아합니다."
スモークサーモン
Transliteration: sumōku sāmon
"朝食にスモークサーモンのベーグルを食べました。"
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