pho

See also: Pho, PHO, Phó, phố, phổ, Phổ, and phở

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Vietnamese phở.

A chicken-based pho (phở gà) with basil leaves, hoisin sauce, and Sriracha hot sauce

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fəʊ/, /fɜː/
• IPA^(key): /foʊ/, /fʌ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ, -ɜː(r), -ʌ

Noun

pho (usually uncountable, plural phos)

1. A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and beef or chicken.
   • 1935: Marcelle "Countess" Morphy, Recipes of All Nations, p. 802 [1]

     PHO is the name of an Annamese soup held in high esteem. It is made with beef, a veal bone, onions, a bayleaf, salt, and pepper, and a small teaspoon of nuoc-man,^[sic] a typically Annamese condiment which is used in practically all their dishes.

   • 2003: Frank Browning, "73106: Lemongrass on the Prairie", National Geographic, vol. 203, issue 3 [2]

     Ten minutes away from the intersection, the heart of Little Saigon, you can easily walk to five restaurants specializing in pho (the classic Vietnamese beef broth soup), two Asian supermarkets, and several Chinese barbecue cafés.

Translations

Vietnamese soup

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 越南粉 (jyut⁶ naam⁴ fan²)

  Mandarin: 越南粉 (Yuènán fěn)

• Finnish: pho
• French: pho (fr) m
• Japanese: フォー (fō)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
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• Korean: 퍼 (peo), 쌀국수 (ssalguksu)
• Lao: ເຝີ (lo) (fœ̄)
• Russian: фо (ru) m (fo)
• Swedish: pho
• Thai: เฝอ (th) (fə̌ə)
• Vietnamese: phở (vi)
• White Hmong: fawm

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• foh
• phoh

Interjection

pho

1. (archaic) Expressing dismissive contempt.
   • 1838, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:

     'She is come!' said the old gentleman, laying his hand upon his heart. 'Cormoran and Blunderbore! She is come! All the wealth I have is hers if she will take me for her slave. Where are grace, beauty, and blandishments, like those? In the Empress of Madagascar? No. In the Queen of Diamonds? No. In Mrs Rowland, who every morning bathes in Kalydor for nothing? No. Melt all these down into one, with the three Graces, the nine Muses, and fourteen biscuit-bakers' daughters from Oxford Street, and make a woman half as lovely. Pho! I defy you.'

Synonyms

• feh, pfaugh, pish, pshaw; see also Thesaurus:bah

Anagrams

• OHP, POH, hop, pOH, poh

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [fɔ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [fɔ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [fɔ˧˧]

Noun

pho

1. set

   pho sách ― set of books