sandwich

See also: Sandwich and sándwich

§English

Wikipedia

An Italian sandwich.

Wikipedia

a composite material sandwich with a honeycomb core

§Etymology

Named after its supposed inventor, the Earl of Sandwich (see Sandwich).

§Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsænwɪdʒ/, /ˈsænwɪtʃ/, /ˈsæmwɪdʒ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsæn(d)wɪtʃ/, /ˈsæmwɪtʃ/, /ˈsæmɪtʃ/, /ˈsæ̃wɪtʃ/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: SDCH

Pronunciation notes

As a very common snack food throughout the Anglosphere, the word sandwich as spelt is prone to many variations of common pronunciation. The most variable component the word's pronunciation is the -ndw- cluster. The most common realization in the United Kingdom and in the United States is /-nw-/. In the United States, /-ndw-/, /-mw-/, /-m-/ and /-w̃-/ can also be heard. The pronunciation of the final consonant -ch follows a pattern common to most -wich words; that is, usually/-dʒ/ in the United Kingdom and /-tʃ/ in the United States.

§Noun

sandwich (plural sandwiches)

1. A dish or foodstuff where two or more slices of bread serve as the wrapper or container of some other food.
2. (by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.

§Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:sandwich

§Hyponyms

• (closed, ground beef, on a bun): hamburger, burger
• (closed, other meats, on a bun; informal): -burger
• (closed, ground beef, on bread): patty melt

§Derived terms

Derived terms

• club sandwich

• Dagwood sandwich

• Dutch sandwich

• knuckle sandwich

• open sandwich

• sandwich spread

• sandwich board

• sandwichable

• sandwichy

• soup sandwich

• sammich (eye dialect)

§Descendants

Descendants of sandwich in other languages

Arabic: ساندويتش (sandawitš) Catalan: sandvitx Chinese: Mandarin: 三明治 (sānmíngzhì), 三文治 (sānwénzhì) Czech: sendvič Danish: sandwich Dutch: sandwich Esperanto: sandviĉo French: sandwich Norman French: sannouiche Georgian: სენდვიჩი (sendvič’i) German: Sandwich Greek: σάντουιτς (sántouits) Hawaiian: kanauika Hindi: सैंडविच (saiṇḍavic) Hungarian: szendvics Japanese: サンドイッチ (sandoitchi) Jèrriais: sannouiche Korean: 샌드위치 (saendeuwichi) Marshallese: jāānwūj Norwegian: sandwich Persian: ساندویچ (sândevič) Portuguese: sanduíche (Brazil), sandes (Portugal) Romanian: sandviș Russian: сандвич (sándvič), сэндвич (séndvič) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сендвич Roman: sendvič Sinhalese: සැන්ඩ්විච් (sænḍvic) Slovene: sendvič Spanish: sándwich, sánduche (Colombia, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Venezuela), sánguche (Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela) Swedish: sandwich Turkish: sandviç Urdu: سینڈوچ (saiṇḍavic) Vietnamese: xăng duych Volapük: sändvig

§Translations

snack consisting of two slices of bread

• Afrikaans: toebroodjie
• American Sign Language: FlatB@FromMouth-PalmDown-FlatB@Palm-PalmUp FlatB@NearMouth-FlatB@Palm, BentB@BackHand-PalmBack-BentB@NearMouth-PalmBack BentB@BackHand-BentB@Mouth, BentB@PalmChesthigh-PalmBackThumbAside-B@FromMouth-PalmBack
• Arabic: ساندويتش m (sandawitš)

  Egyptian Arabic: سندويتش m (sandawetš)

• Armenian: սենդվիչ (sendvičʿ)
• Catalan: entrepà (ca) m, sandvitx m, badall (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三明治 (zh) (sānmíngzhì), 三文治 (sānwénzhì)

• Czech: sendvič m
• Danish: sandwich, (local) amagermad
• Dutch: boterham (nl) m, sandwich (nl) m
• Esperanto: sandviĉo
• Estonian: võileib
• Finnish: kerrosvoileipä (fi), voileipä (fi)
• French: sandwich (fr) m

  Norman French: sannouiche f

• Georgian: სენდვიჩი (sendvič’i), ბუტერბროდი (buterbrodi)
• German: belegtes Brot n, Sandwich (de) n, m
• Greek: σάντουιτς (el) n (sántouits)
• Guernésiais: doraïe f
• Hawaiian: kanauika
• Hebrew: כריך (karikh)
• Hindi: सैंडविच m (saiṇḍavic)
• Hungarian: szendvics (hu)
• Icelandic: samloka (is) f
• Indonesian: roti lapis
• Irish: ceapaire (ga) m
• Italian: tramezzino (it) m, panino (it) m
• Japanese: サンドイッチ (ja) (sandoitchi)
• Jèrriais: sannouiche f, beurrée f

• Khmer: នំប៉ុងញាត់សាច់ (num pong ñoat sach)
• Korean: 샌드위치 (ko) (saendeuwichi)
• Lithuanian: Sumuštinis
• Macedonian: сендвич m (séndvič)
• Malay: roti lapis, sandwic
• Maori: hanawiti
• Marshallese: jāānwūj
• Navajo: bááh atsįʼ bił ałchʼįʼ ádaatʼéhígíí, atsįʼ bááh bił ałchʼįʼ átʼéhígíí
• Norwegian: sandwich, smørbrød (no)
• Persian: ساندویچ (fa) (sândevič)
• Polish: kanapka (pl) f
• Portuguese: sanduíche (pt) m (Brazil), sandes f (Portugal), sanduba (Brazil)
• Romanian: sandviș (ro) n
• Russian: сандвич (ru) m (sándvič), сэндвич (ru) m (séndvič), бутерброд (ru) m (butɛrbród)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceapaire m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: се̏ндвич m

  Roman: sȅndvič m

• Sinhalese: සැන්ඩ්විච් (sænḍvic)
• Slovene: sendvič (sl) m
• Spanish: sándwich (es) m, (Colombia, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) sánduche, (Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela) sánguche (es), emparedado (es) m, (Mexico) torta (es) f, (Spain) bocadillo (es) m
• Swedish: sandwich (sv) c, dubbelmacka (sv) c, (also for open sandwiches) macka (sv) c
• Telugu: అప్పచ్చి (appacci)
• Turkish: sandviç (tr)
• Urdu: سینڈوچ m (saiṇḍavic)
• Vietnamese: bánh mì (vi) (also means "bread"), bánh mì kẹp, xăng duych (rare)
• Volapük: sändvig
• Welsh: brechdan (cy)
• West Frisian: brogge

open sandwich — see open sandwich

layers of material

• Finnish: sandwich (fi)

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• Slovak: obložený chlebíček m (1), sendvič m (1)

§Verb

sandwich (third-person singular simple present sandwiches, present participle sandwiching, simple past and past participle sandwiched)

1. To place one item between two other, usually flat, items
2. (figuratively) To put or set something between two others, in time.
   • 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, BBC Sport:

     Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.

§Translations

to place one item between two other, usually flat, items

• Finnish: kerrostaa
• German: einklemmen, einzwängen

• Vietnamese: kẹp (vi), khoác (vi)

§Adjective

sandwich (not comparable)

1. (US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.

§Usage notes

• The adjective sense is used primarily by restaurants specializing in barbeque, and does not imply that the meal includes an actual sandwich.

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§Dutch

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§Etymology

Borrowing from English.

§Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: sand‧wich

§Noun

sandwich m (plural sandwiches, diminutive sandwichje n)

1. sandwich

§Usage notes

• Usually a sandwich is just called a boterham or a broodje in Dutch.

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§French

§Etymology

Borrowing from English sandwich

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɑ̃dwitʃ]

• audio

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§Noun

sandwich m (plural sandwichs)

1. sandwich (snack)

§Usage notes

• Note that French does not follow the English rule of adding es to nouns ending in the sound /tʃ/. Since the final /s/ is not pronounced in the plural, there is no difficulty in pronouncing the plural formed by adding s rather than es.

§Derived terms

• sandwicherie

§External links

• “sandwich” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).