tofu

See also: tōfu, Tofu, and TOFU

English

Seasoned cubes of tofu (1)
typical rendering of an undisplayable character as tofu (2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 豆腐 (tōfu), from Middle Chinese 豆 (dùw, “bean”) + 腐 (bjú, “rotten, fermented”) (compare Mandarin 豆腐 (dòufǔ)).

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Noun

tofu (countable and uncountable, plural tofus)

  1. A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.
    Synonym: bean curd
  2. (computing, typography) An empty box or rectangle displayed by some systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts; □.

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Czech

Noun

tofu n

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

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 豆腐 (tōfu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtofu/
  • Hyphenation: to‧fu

Noun

tofu

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

Declension

Inflection of tofu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative tofu tofut
genitive tofun tofujen
partitive tofua tofuja
illative tofuun tofuihin
singular plural
nominative tofu tofut
accusative nom. tofu tofut
gen. tofun
genitive tofun tofujen
partitive tofua tofuja
inessive tofussa tofuissa
elative tofusta tofuista
illative tofuun tofuihin
adessive tofulla tofuilla
ablative tofulta tofuilta
allative tofulle tofuille
essive tofuna tofuina
translative tofuksi tofuiksi
instructive — tofuin
abessive tofutta tofuitta
comitative — tofuineen

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French

Alternate forms

Etymology

From Japanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /to.fu/, /to.fy/
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Noun

tofu m (plural tofus)

  1. tofu

Italian

Etymology

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

tofu m (invariable)

  1. tofu

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 豆腐 (tōfu).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /to.ˈfu/
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

tofu m (plural tofus)

  1. tofu (food made from curdled soybean milk)

Spanish

Noun

tofu m (uncountable)

  1. tofu
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