nido soup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. bird's nest soup (Chinese soup made from edible bird's nest)

Pronunciation

/ˌni.do ˈsup/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-nido soup.wav

Word forms

nido soup nido soups

Etymology

From Tagalog nido (“edible bird's nest”) + soup. Tagalog nido itself is from Spanish nido (“nest”). See also El Nido in Palawan, where the edible bird's nest is historically harvested from by a Busyador.

Synonyms

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