pho en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /foʊ/ (US)
- /fɜː/ (UK)
- /fəʊ/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /fʌ/ (US)
- /fʌ/ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese phở.
Meanings
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(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=8162003: 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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| phở | alternative | lexicographic | |
| phos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (46)
nl pho (Vietnamese soup) · ro pho (Vietnamese soup) · vi phở (Vietnamese soup) · it pho (Vietnamese soup) · fr phở (Vietnamese soup) · ko 퍼 (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)