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bánh mì

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See also: banh mi

English

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Etymology

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From Vietnamese bánh mì.

Noun

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bánh mì (plural bánh mìs)

  1. Alternative spelling of banh mi

Vietnamese

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bánh mì (Vietnamese-style bread)
bánh mì (Saigon-style sandwich)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From bánh (pastry, cake, bread, dumpling, noodle, wafer, or pudding) +‎ (wheat).

A folk etymology claims that bánh mì is a corruption of French pain de mie; however, this is obviously false, see the entry for bánh. An 1898 dictionary defines Vietnamese miche as bánh tây, a now-dated term for Western-style bread.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier chiếc, , cái) bánh (餅麵)

  1. bread, especially Saigon-style short baguettes with filling
    bánh mì ngọtsweet bread
    bánh mì Phápbaguettes
    bánh mì (kẹp thịt)"sandwich baguette"; baguette with filling
    Bánh mì Sài Gòn, một ngàn một ổ!
    Saigonese banh mi, one thousand dong a loaf!
    bò kho bánh mìbeef stew with bread
    Ăn bánh mì thịt hoài chán quá. Bữa nay ăn bánh mì ngọt.
    I'm tired of pork-filled baguettes. Imma have sweet bread today for a change.

Usage notes

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  • The classifier chiếc is used in northern Vietnam, while is used in southern Vietnam.[2]
  • As a popular breakfast food, it often means Saigonese short baguettes with pork or beef filling, although vendors may still have to clarify with signage with "bánh mì thịt" that they sell this food specifically rather than sweet and soft forms of bread. Bread shops, especially those of swanky foreign bread franchises, may have more sweet and soft bread items than Saigonese baguettes.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: banh mi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pierre Gabriel Vallot (1898) Dictionnaire franco-tonkinois illustré [Illustrated Franco-Tonkinese Dictionary]‎[1] (in French), Hanoi: Schneider, page 228
  2. ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2], 2014 April 19 (last accessed), archived from the original on 28 October 2015