tempeh

See also: Tempeh

English

Etymology

From Indonesian tempe, possibly from Old Javanese tumpi (“a food made from starch and tempeh”), or Indonesian tapai (“fermentation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛmpeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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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).

   Coordinate term: tofu

   • 1960, Bwee-Hwa Yap, Nutritional and Chemical Studies on Tempeh, Cornell University, page 28:

     Usually sporulation occurred when the tempeh had been exposed to air ( e.g. as the result of uncovering of the pan too frequently ) .

   • 1989, Dorothy R. Bates, The Tempeh Cookbook, Book Publishing Company, page 7:

     Fresh or defrosted tempeh will keep 3 to 4 days in a refrigerator at 40°F, and at least 6 months or more in a freezer. When putting fresh tempeh into a refrigerator or freezer, don't stack the packages because heat from one package to another will encourage the culturing process to continue.

   • 2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 1:

     The leaves were of use only to the tempeh factories, which collected them every night.

Usage notes

The fungus used for fermentation is sometimes called tempeh starter.

Translations

food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丹貝／丹贝 (dānbèi), 天貝／天贝 (tiānbèi)

• Dutch: tempé (nl) m, sojakoek m
• Finnish: tempe (fi)
• French: tempeh (fr) m
• German: Tempeh n
• Indonesian: tempe (id)
• Japanese: テンペ (ja) (tenpe)
• Korean: 템페 (tempe)
• Malay: tempe
• Spanish: tempeh m
• Thai: เต็มเป (dtem-bpee)

Further reading

• tempeh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Alternative forms

• tempé

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian tempe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛm.pe/

Noun

tempeh m (plural tempehs)

1. tempeh

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tempeh/
• Rhymes: -empeh, -peh, -eh

Noun

tempeh (Jawi spelling تيمڤيه, plural tempeh-tempeh, informal 1st possessive tempehku, 2nd possessive tempehmu, 3rd possessive tempehnya)

1. Nonstandard spelling of tempe.