Phrase guide

fast food

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈfæst ˈfuːd/
  • /ˈfɑːst ˈfuːd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Restaurant food that is served quickly, often standardized and pre-prepared.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A type of food that is quickly made, but of low nutritional value; junk food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Anything standardized, quickly available, and inexpensive, often, of low value.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَجْبَات سَرِيعَة (wajbāt sarīʕa) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Arabic: ماكلة الزنقة (māklat ez-zanqa) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Arabic: مالكة برا (māklat barra) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܹܐܟ݂ܠܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܩܲܠܘܼܠܹ̈ܐ (mēḵlātē qalūlē) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Armenian: արագ սնունդ (arag snund) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Armenian: ֆասթֆուդ (fastʻfud) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Bulgarian: полуфабрика́т (polufabrikát) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Bulgarian: бъ́рзо хра́нене (bǎ́rzo hránene) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Catalan: menjar ràpid — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Catalan: plats preparats — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 快餐 (kuàicān) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 速食 (sùshí) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Czech: rychlé občerstvení — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Danish: forbehandlet mad — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Danish: sammensat fødevare — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Danish: fastfood — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Dutch: snelvoedsel — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Dutch: snelle hap — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Dutch: haastkost — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Dutch: flitskost — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Dutch: gemakvoedsel — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Esperanto: rapidmanĝaĵo — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Estonian: kiirtoit — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Estonian: poolfabrikaat — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Finnish: pikaruoka — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • French: fast-food — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Georgian: სწრაფი კვება (sc̣rapi ḳveba) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Georgian: ფასტ-ფუდი (pasṭ-pudi) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • German: Schnellgericht — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • German: Schnellimbiss — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • German: Schnellkost — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • German: Fertigessen — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • German: Fertigkost — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • German: Fastfood — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Greek: φαστ φουντ — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Hebrew: פסט פוד — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Hindi: फ़ास्ट फ़ूड (fāsṭ fūḍ) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Hungarian: gyorsételek — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Indonesian: makanan cepat saji — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Indonesian: makanan siap saji — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Indonesian: masakan siap saji — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Indonesian: masakan cepat saji — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Irish: bia áise — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Italian: fast food — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Italian: cibo servito rapidamente — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Italian: ristorazione rapida — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Italian: ristorazione veloce — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Italian: cibo veloce — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Italian: cibo rapido — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Italian: pasto veloce — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Italian: pasto rapido — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Japanese: ファーストフード (fāsuto fūdo) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Japanese: 即製食品 (sokusei shokuhin) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Kabuverdianu: fatióta — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Kazakh: фастфуд (fastfud) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Korean: 패스트푸드 (paeseuteupudeu) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Korean: 즉석식품 (jeukseoksikpum) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Latvian: ātrā ēdināšana — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Lithuanian: greitasis maistas — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Macedonian: брза храна (brza hrana) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Māori: ō rangaranga — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Mongolian: түргэн хоол (türgen xool) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hurtigmat — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snøggmat — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Persian: فست فود — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Persian: غذای فوری (ġazâ-ye fowri) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Polish: fast food — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Portuguese: fast food — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Romanian: fast-food — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Russian: фастфу́д (fastfúd) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Russian: фаст-фу́д (fast-fúd) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Russian: бы́строе пита́ние (býstroje pitánije) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Russian: полуфабрика́ты (polufabrikáty) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Scottish Gaelic: biadh luath — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Serbo-Croatian: брза храна — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Serbo-Croatian: фаст фуд — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Serbo-Croatian: brza hrana — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Serbo-Croatian: fast fud — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Slovak: rýchlo občerstvenie — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Slovene: hitra hrana — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Slovene: fast food — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Spanish: comida rápida — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Spanish: platos preparados — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Swahili: chakula cha kununua — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Swedish: snabbmat — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Tamil: துரித உணவு (turita uṇavu) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Thai: อาหารจานด่วน (aa-hǎan-jaan-dùuan) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Tibetan: མགྱོགས་ཟས། (mgyogs zas) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Turkish: hazır yiyecekler — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Urdu: فاسٹ فوڈ (fāsṭ fūḍ) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Uyghur: تېز تاماق (tëz tamaq) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Vietnamese: thức ăn nhanh — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Vietnamese: đồ ăn nhanh — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Welsh: bwyd cyflym — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Welsh: bwyd brys — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Yiddish: גיך־עסן (gikh-esn) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
  • Yiddish: גיכשפּײַז (gikhshpayz) — type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly