wonton
A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetablesA Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.
» Do you like wonton soup?
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1 sensesA Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.
Wan Tan, Wantan, Wonton
вонто́нvontón, хуньту́ньxunʹtúnʹ, юньту́ньjunʹtúnʹ
a Chinese dumpling filled with spiced minced pork; usually served in soup
Examples
1 sentencesDo you like wonton soup?
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Cantonese 雲吞 /云吞 (wan⁴ tan¹, wan⁴ tan⁴).Borrowed from Cantonese 雲吞 /云吞 (wan⁴ tan¹, wan⁴ tan⁴).
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Forms
plural: wonton / wontonsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a soup with won ton dumplings:won tonwonton soup
- a Chinese dumpling filled with spiced minced pork; usually served in soup:won ton
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.