Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fried rice

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.94 in modern English

Syllables
fried rice
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of very many forms of rice that are first cooked by boiling and then stir-fried with other ingredients

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 炒飯 /炒饭 (chǎofàn, literally “fried rice”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

fried rices (plural)

Phrases

combination fried rice fried rice syndrome special fried rice Yangzhou fried rice

Synonyms

chinese fried rice

Questions

What does fried rice mean?
Any of very many forms of rice that are first cooked by boiling and then stir-fried with other ingredients
Where does fried rice come from?
Calque of Chinese 炒飯 /炒饭 (chǎofàn, literally “fried rice”).

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