"tempeh" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛmpeɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tempeh.wav Forms: tempehs [plural]
Etymology: From Indonesian tempe, possibly from Old Javanese tumpi (“a food made from starch and tempeh”), or Indonesian tapai (“fermentation”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|id|tempe}} Indonesian tempe, {{der|en|kaw|tumpi||a food made from starch and tempeh}} Old Javanese tumpi (“a food made from starch and tempeh”), {{der|en|id|tapai||fermentation}} Indonesian tapai (“fermentation”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tempeh (countable and uncountable, plural tempehs)
  1. An Indonesian food made from partially-cooked soybeans fermented by a fungus (either Rhizopus oligosporus or Rhizopus oryzae). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Foods Translations (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans): 丹貝 /丹贝 (dānbèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 天貝 /天贝 (tiānbèi) (Chinese Mandarin), tempé [masculine] (Dutch), sojakoek [masculine] (Dutch), tempeo (Esperanto), tempe (Finnish), tempeh [masculine] (French), Tempeh [neuter] (German), tempe (Indonesian), テンペ (tenpe) (Japanese), 템페 (tempe) (Korean), tempe (Malay), tempeh [masculine] (Spanish), เต็มเป (dtem-bpee) (Thai)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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