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pho en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /foʊ/ (US)
  • /fɜː/ (UK)
  • /fəʊ/ (UK)
  • (US) audio
  • /fʌ/ (US)
  • /fʌ/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese phở.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and optionally beef or chicken.
    • PHO is the name of an Annamese soup held in high esteem. It is made with beef, a veal bone, onions, a bayleaf, salt, and pepper, and a small teaspoon of nuoc-man, a typically Annamese condiment which is used in practically all their dishes. 1935: Marcelle "Countess" Morphy, Recipes of All Nations, p. 802 http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924003591769;view=1up;seq=816
    • 2003: Frank Browning, "73106: Lemongrass on the Prairie", National Geographic, vol. 203, issue 3 http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0303/feature6/ Ten minutes away from the intersection, the heart of Little Saigon, you can easily walk to five restaurants specializing in pho (the classic Vietnamese beef broth soup), two Asian supermarkets, and several Chinese barbecue cafés.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
phở alternative lexicographic
phos Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

pho-men

Translations (46)

nl pho (Vietnamese soup) · ro pho (Vietnamese soup) · vi phở (Vietnamese soup) · it pho (Vietnamese soup) · fr phở (Vietnamese soup) · ko(Vietnamese soup) · id pho (Vietnamese soup) · ru фо (Vietnamese soup) · lo ເຝີ (Vietnamese soup) · de Phở (Vietnamese soup) · mww fawm (Vietnamese soup) · fr pho (Vietnamese soup) · yue 越南粉 (Vietnamese soup) · cmn 越南粉 (Vietnamese soup) · tr pho (Vietnamese soup) · ar فُو (Vietnamese soup) · de Pho (Vietnamese soup) · yue 越南河 (Vietnamese soup) · th เฝอ (Vietnamese soup) · pt pho (Vietnamese soup) · it phở (Vietnamese soup) · el φο (Vietnamese soup) · ko 쌀국수 (Vietnamese soup) · fi phở (Vietnamese soup) · hi फ़अ (Vietnamese soup) · es pho (Vietnamese soup) · es phở (Vietnamese soup) · sv pho (Vietnamese soup) · eo fao (Vietnamese soup) · ro phở (Vietnamese soup) · be фо (Vietnamese soup) · tr phở (Vietnamese soup) · fi pho (Vietnamese soup) · yue 越南河粉 (Vietnamese soup) · km ហ្វើ (Vietnamese soup) · ja フォー (Vietnamese soup) · bg фъ (Vietnamese soup) · sv phở (Vietnamese soup) · hy ֆո (Vietnamese soup) · id phở (Vietnamese soup) · az fo (Vietnamese soup) · nl phở (Vietnamese soup) · he פו (Vietnamese soup) · cmn 越南河粉 (Vietnamese soup) · uk фо (Vietnamese soup) · pt phở (Vietnamese soup)

Source: en.wiktionary, “pho” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

pho en · INTJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /foʊ/ (US)
  • /fʌ/ (US)

Meanings

  1. (archaic) Expressing dismissive contempt.
    • 'She is come!' said the old gentleman, laying his hand upon his heart. 'Cormoran and Blunderbore! She is come! All the wealth I have is hers if she will take me for her slave. Where are grace, beauty, and blandishments, like those? In the Empress of Madagascar? No. In the Queen of Diamonds? No. In Mrs Rowland, who every morning bathes in Kalydor for nothing? No. Melt all these down into one, with the three Graces, the nine Muses, and fourteen biscuit-bakers' daughters from Oxford Street, and make a woman half as lovely. Pho! I defy you.' 1838, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:

Forms

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phoh alternative lexicographic
foh alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

pfaugh · pish · feh · pshaw