open sandwich

English

An open sandwich

Noun

open sandwich (plural open sandwiches)

1. Any dish consisting of only one slice of bread, with any topping.

Usage notes

Some consider open sandwiches to not technically be sandwiches. Others use the word "sandwich" also of open sandwiches.

Synonyms

• open-faced sandwich
• sandwich

Translations

slice of bread with toppings

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 開放式三文治／开放式三文治 (hoi¹ fong³ sik¹ saam¹ man⁴ zi⁶)

  Mandarin: 開放式三明治／开放式三明治 (kāifàngshì sānmíngzhì)

• Czech: chlebíček (cs) m
• Danish: stykke smørrebrød n, mad (da) c
• Dutch: boterham (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: buterpano
• Estonian: võileib (et), võiku (colloquial)
• Finnish: voileipä (fi)
• German: belegte Brotschnitte f, belegte Scheibe Brot f, belegtes Brot n, Butterbrot (de) n
• German Low German: Buəter
• Japanese: オープン・サンドイッチ (ōpen sandoicchi), オープンサンド (ōpen sando)
• Northern Sami: vuodjaláibi
• Norwegian: brødskive (no) m or f
• Old English: ġesyfled hlāf m
• Polish: kanapka (pl) f, tartinka (pl) f
• Russian: бутербро́д (ru) m (buterbród)
• Swedish: macka (sv) c, smörgås (sv) c
• Yiddish: פּוטערברויט m (puterbroyt), בוטערבראָד m (buterbrod), אָפֿענע שניטקע f (ofene shnitke)