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/

Noun

tempeh (countable and uncountable, plural tempehs)

1. An Indonesian food made from partially-cooked fermented soybeans, mixed with a fungus (Rhizopus oligosporus).
   • 2015, Labodalih Sembiring, translating Eka Kurniawan, Man Tiger, Verso 2015, p. 1:

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

Translations

food

• Chinese:

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

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

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French

Noun

tempeh m (plural tempehs)

1. tempeh