English Explanatory Dictionary

bubble tea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Sweetened tea with milk and tapioca pearls, often including fruit juice, syrup and other ingredients.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bubble tea.wav

Word forms

bubble tea bubble teas

Etymology

A phono-semantic match for boba tea (see that entry for more), ultimately from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “busty woman; tapioca pearl(s)”). The match is from the supposed resemblance of the tapioca pearls to bubbles.

Synonyms

boba boba tea milk tea pearl cooler pearl tea
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