Ceviche Definition
səvēchā, səvēchē
noun
A Latin American dish consisting of pieces of raw fish or shellfish marinated in lime juice with chilies, chopped tomatoes, etc., and served chilled as an appetizer.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Ceviche
Noun
Singular:
ceviche
Plural:
cevichesOrigin of Ceviche
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Spanish cebiche, ceviche from Arabic sikbāj meat cooked in vinegar from Middle Persian sikbāg sik vinegar -bāg food, broth (from Old Iranian -pāka- cooked (with or in) pekw- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Spanish ceviche.
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