tofu

• tōfu

Borrowed from Japanese 豆(とう)腐(ふ) (tōfu), from Middle Chinese 豆腐 (duw^H bju^X, “curdled bean”). Doublet of dubu.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊfu/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊfuː/

tofu (countable and uncountable, plural tofus)

1. A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.

   Synonyms: bean curd, soycheese, dubu, doufu

   Coordinate term: tempeh

   • 2012 May 8, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook‎^[1], Random House, →ISBN, page 79:

     First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the kecap manis, chilli sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour.

3. (computing, typography) A box or rectangle, empty or with a question mark or hexadecimal code inside, displayed by some systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts. (such as _□ or 𐕪)

• tofu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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tofu n (indeclinable)

1. tofu (protein-rich food made from curdled soybean milk)

From Japanese 豆腐 (tōfu).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtofu/, [ˈt̪o̞fu]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ofu
• Syllabification^(key): to‧fu
• Hyphenation^(key): to‧fu

tofu

1. tofu (protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk)

• “tofu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• ufot

• tofou (rare, archaic)

From Japanese.

• IPA^(key): /to.fu/, /to.fy/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Canada):

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tofu m (plural tofus)

1. tofu

Borrowed from Japanese 豆腐(とうふ) (tōfu), from Middle Chinese 豆腐 (duw^H bju^X, “curdled bean”). Doublet of tahu from Min Nan 豆腐 (tāu-hū).

• IPA^(key): /to.fu/
• Hyphenation: to‧fu

tofu

1. tofu, specifically soft or extra-soft unpressed fresh tofu

• tahu (specifically firm or extra firm pressed fresh tofu)

• “tofu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Japanese.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.fu/
• Rhymes: -ɔfu
• Hyphenation: tò‧fu

tofu m (invariable)

1. tofu

• tufo

Borrowed from Japanese 豆腐(とうふ) (tōfu), from Middle Chinese 豆腐 (duw^H bju^X, “curdled bean”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.fu/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔfu
• Syllabification: to‧fu

tofu n (indeclinable)

1. tofu

• tofu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Japanese 豆腐 (tōfu).^[1][2]

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: to‧fu

tofu m (plural tofus)

1. tofu (food made from curdled soybean milk)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtofu/ [ˈt̪o.fu]
• Rhymes: -ofu
• Syllabification: to‧fu

tofu m (uncountable)

1. tofu

• “tofu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

tofu c

1. tofu

• tofu in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tofu in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tofu in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• IPA^(key): [ˈto.fu]

tofu

1. (stative) to be piled, heaped

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From English tofu.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /toˈfu/, /ˈto.fu/
• Hyphenation: to‧fu

tofu (definite accusative tofuyu, plural tofular)

1. tofu

   Synonyms: soya eti, soya peyniri

• “tofu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tofu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4844