gravlax

English

WOTD – 18 February 2011

Alternative forms

gravadlax, gravad lax
gravlaks (from Norwegian)

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”).

Pronunciation

gravlax (on the right)

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹavˌlaks/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑvˌlɑks/
Rhymes: -æks, -ɑːks

Noun

gravlax (uncountable)

Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer.

Translations

appetizer of dry-cured salmon

Armenian: գրաավիլոհի (graavilohi), գրավլաքս (gravlakʻs)
Belarusian: гра́ўлакс m (hráŭlaks)
Bulgarian: гравлакс m (gravlaks)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 醃製鮭魚／腌制鲑鱼 (yānzhì guīyú), 醃製三文魚／腌制三文鱼 (yānzhì sānwényú)
Danish: gravad laks c
Estonian: soolalõhe, kergsoolalõhe, graavilõhe
Finnish: graavilohi (fi)
French: gravlax (fr) m, gravelax (fr) m
German: Graved Lachs m, Gravlax m
Icelandic: graflax (is) m
Japanese: グラブラックス (guraburakkusu)
Korean: 그라브락스 (geurabeurakseu)
Limburgish: graafzalm (li) m
Norwegian: gravlaks m, graven laks m
Portuguese: gravlax m
Russian: гра́авилохи m (gráaviloxi), гра́влакс (ru) m (grávlaks)
Swedish: gravlax (sv) c, gravad lax c
Turkish: somon tuzlama

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈvlaks/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈvlakʃ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈvlakʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈblakʃ/ [ɡɾaˈβlakʃ]

Noun

gravlax m (uncountable)

gravlax (appetizer of dry-cured salmon)

Swedish

Alternative forms

gravad lax

Etymology

A compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) +‎ lax (“salmon”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑːvˌlaks/

Noun

gravlax c (uncountable)

gravlax (appetizer of dry-cured salmon)

Declension

Declension of gravlax
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gravlax	gravlaxen	—	—
Genitive	gravlax	gravlaxens	—	—

Coordinate terms

hovmästarsås

References

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