Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings.

    Tapioka

    тапио́каtapióka

    тапіо́каtapióka

    granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings

  2. (countable, uncountable)The cassava plant, Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is derived; manioc.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Do you want some tapioca pudding?

  2. I love tapioca pudding.

    deIch mag Tapiokapudding. — Esperantostern

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  3. Tom only ate tapioca pudding for three weeks before dying suddenly.

    deTom hatte drei Wochen lang nur Tapiokapudding gegessen, bevor er ganz plötzlich gestorben ist. — Vortarulo

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  4. Look at the instructions on the package of tapioca that you buy.

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  5. I'm going to harvest some tapioca and dig up some sweet potatoes.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
starchy food from cassava:
Русский
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starchy food from cassava:
Deutsch
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starchy food from cassava:

Origin

Borrowed from Portuguese tapioca, from Old Tupi tapi'oka.

Borrowed from Portuguese tapioca, from Old Tupi tapi'oka.

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Forms

plural: tapiocas
Singulartapioca
Pluraltapiocas

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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