shiitake

See also: Shiitake and shiitaké

English

Alternative forms

shitake

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 椎茸 (shītake), from 椎 (shī, “shii or chinquapin tree”) + 茸 (take, “mushroom”), from the way the mushrooms tend to grow on chinquapin logs. First cited in English in 1877.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ʃiːˈtɑːkeɪ/, /ʃɪˈtɑːkeɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈtɑkeɪ/, /ʃɪˈtɑki/ (proscribed)
Rhymes: -ɑːki

Noun

shiitake (plural shiitake or shiitakes)

A wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes.
- 2020 May 19, Lisa Drayer, “How to eat less meat and more plants”, in CNN‎^[1]:
  Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.”
- 2022 October 19, J. Kenji López-Alt, “What Kenji López-Alt Makes His Family for Dinner”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 25 October 2022:
  Tea bag-style dashi kits are a better quick choice. They pack katsuobushi, kombu and often other ingredients, like dried baby sardines (niboshi) and shiitake mushrooms, into a steepable bag.

Synonyms

Chinese mushroom (informal)

Translations

Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom

Afrikaans: sjiïtake
Arabic: شِيتَاكِي m (šītākī)
Azerbaijani: şitake
Catalan: xiitake (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 冬菇 (dung¹ gu¹)

Eastern Min: 香菰 (hiŏng-gŭ), 香菇 (hiŏng-gŭ)

Hokkien: 厚菇 (kāu-ko͘)

Mandarin: 香菇 (zh) (xiānggū), 冬菇 (zh) (dōnggū)
Czech: houževnatec jedlý m, šiitake n
Dutch: shiitake (nl) m or f
Esperanto: ŝitako
Finnish: siitake (fi), shiitake (fi), siitakesieni
French: lentin du chêne (fr) m, shiitake (fr) m, shiitaké (fr) m, shitake m, shitaké (fr) m, champignon parfumé (fr) m, (Canada, informal) champignon chinois m
German: Shiitake (de) m
Greek: σιτάκε n (sitáke)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: siitake (hu), shiitake (hu), illatos fagomba (hu)
Indonesian: shiitake, shitake, jamur hioko
Irish: síotaicé m
Italian: shiitake m
Japanese: 椎茸 (ja) (しいたけ, shītake), シイタケ (shītake), 冬子 (どんこ, donko), ドンコ (donko)
Korean: 표고(瓢菰) (pyogo), 표고버섯 (pyogobeoseot)
Macedonian: шита́ке n (šitáke)
Nepali: मृगे च्याउ (mr̥ge cyāu)
Persian: شیتاکه (šitâke)
Polish: shiitake (pl) n, twardziak japoński m, twardnik japoński m, twardziak jadalny m
Portuguese: shiitake m, shitake m
Russian: шиита́ке (ru) n (šiitáke), шита́ке n (šitáke), сянгу́ n (sjangú)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мирисна аниска f, шитаке m

Roman: mirisna aniska f, šitake m
Spanish: shiitake m, shitake m, hongo del árbol shii m
Swedish: shiitake (sv) c
Thai: เห็ดหอม (hèt hŏm)
Thao: qalisqisan
Turkish: şitaki, şitaki mantarı
Ukrainian: шіїтаке́ n (šijitaké)
Vietnamese: nấm hương (vi), nấm đông cô (vi)
Zhuang: raet, raetnae, yiengsaenq

French

Alternative forms

shitake
shiitaké
shitaké

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 椎茸 (しいたけ, shītake), from 椎 (しい, shī, “shii tree”) + 茸 (たけ, take, “mushroom”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃi.i.ta.ke/; /ʃi.ta.ke/
Audio (France (Somain)): (file)
Rhymes: -e

Noun

shiitake m (plural shiitakes)

shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom)
Synonyms: champignon parfumé, lentin du chêne

Synonyms

champignon chinois (Canada, informal)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

shitake

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 椎茸 (しいたけ, shītake), from 椎 (しい, shī, “shii tree”) + 茸 (たけ, take, “mushroom”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃi.i.ˈta.ki/, /ʃi.ˈta.ki/

Noun

shiitake m (plural shiitakes)

shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom)

Spanish

Alternative forms

shitake

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 椎茸 (しいたけ, shītake), from 椎 (しい, shī, “shii tree”) + 茸 (たけ, take, “mushroom”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃiˈtake/ [ʃiˈt̪a.ke], /siˈtake/ [siˈt̪a.ke]
Rhymes: -ake

Noun

shiitake m (plural shiitakes)

shiitake (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom)
Synonym: hongo del árbol shii