English Explanatory Dictionary

tapioca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings.
  2. The cassava plant, Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is derived; manioc.

Pronunciation

/tæpiˈoʊkə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tapioca.wav

Word forms

tapioca tapiocas

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tapioca, from Old Tupi tapi'oka.

Synonyms

cassava manioc

Derived words

pearl tapioca tapioca fish tapioca pearl tapioca pudding tapioca starch

Translations

Armenian: տապիոկա Belarusian: тапіёка Bengali: ট্যাপিওকা Burmese: သာဂူ Chinese Mandarin: 木薯澱粉 /木薯淀粉 Czech: tapioka Central Dusun: mundok Dutch: tapioca Esperanto: tapioko Finnish: tapioka French: couac French: tapioca German: Tapioka Greek: ταπιόκα Hindi: साबूदाना Hungarian: tápióka Indonesian: tapioka Indonesian: kanji Interlingua: tapioca Irish: taipióca Italian: tapioca Japanese: タピオカ Coastal Kadazan: mundok Korean: 타피오카 Malay: ubi kayu Malay: kaspe Malay: singkong Malay: sampa Malay: ubi sampa Malay: ubi jenderal Malay: ubi perancis Maltese: tapjoka Māori: tapioka Marathi: साबुदाणा Polish: tapioka Portuguese: tapioca Portuguese: polvilho Romanian: tapiocă Russian: тапио́ка Spanish: tapioca Sundanese: sampeu Sundanese: singkong Swedish: tapioka Tagalog: tapyoka Tamil: ஆளுவல்லி Telugu: కర్రపెండలం Thai: แป้งมันสำปะหลัง Thai: แป้งมัน Turkish: tapyoka Ukrainian: тапіо́ка Vietnamese: bột báng
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