Standard Lemma guide

pho

intj · name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /foʊ/
  • US: /fʌ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: /fəʊ/
  • UK: /fɜː/
  • UK: /fʌ/
  • rhymes with -əʊ
  • rhymes with -ɜː
  • rhymes with -ʌ
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: faux
  • homophone: foe
  • CMU ARPABET: F OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

Expressing dismissive contempt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and optionally beef or chicken.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • 2003: Frank Browning, "73106: Lemongrass on the Prairie", National Geographic, vol. 203, issue 3 http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0303/feature6/ Ten minutes away from the intersection, the heart of Little Saigon, you can easily walk to five restaurants specializing in pho (the classic Vietnamese beef broth soup), two Asian supermarkets, and several Chinese barbecue cafés.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Abbreviation of partially hydrogenated oil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Abbreviation of potentially hazardous object.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

Topics: astronomy, biology, ecology, geography, geology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: NEO

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese phở.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فُو (fū) — Vietnamese soup
  • Armenian: ֆո (fo) — Vietnamese soup
  • Azerbaijani: fo — Vietnamese soup
  • Belarusian: фо (fo) — Vietnamese soup
  • Bulgarian: фъ (fǎ) — Vietnamese soup
  • Chinese Cantonese: 越南粉 (jyut6 naam4 fan2) — Vietnamese soup
  • Chinese Cantonese: 越南河粉 — Vietnamese soup
  • Chinese Cantonese: 越南河 — Vietnamese soup
  • Chinese Mandarin: 越南粉 (Yuènán fěn) — Vietnamese soup
  • Chinese Mandarin: 越南河粉 (Yuènán héfěn) — Vietnamese soup
  • Dutch: phở — Vietnamese soup
  • Dutch: pho — Vietnamese soup
  • Esperanto: fao — Vietnamese soup
  • Finnish: pho — Vietnamese soup
  • Finnish: phở — Vietnamese soup
  • French: pho — Vietnamese soup
  • French: phở — Vietnamese soup
  • German: Phở — Vietnamese soup
  • German: Pho — Vietnamese soup
  • Greek: φο (fo) — Vietnamese soup
  • Hebrew: פו (fo) — Vietnamese soup
  • Hindi: फ़अ (faa) — Vietnamese soup
  • White Hmong: fawm — Vietnamese soup
  • Indonesian: phở — Vietnamese soup
  • Indonesian: pho — Vietnamese soup
  • Italian: phở — Vietnamese soup
  • Italian: pho — Vietnamese soup
  • Japanese: フォー (fō) — Vietnamese soup
  • Khmer: ហ្វើ (faə) — Vietnamese soup
  • Korean: 퍼 (peo) — Vietnamese soup
  • Korean: 쌀국수 (ssalguksu) — Vietnamese soup
  • Lao: ເຝີ (fœ̄) — Vietnamese soup
  • Portuguese: phở — Vietnamese soup
  • Portuguese: pho — Vietnamese soup
  • Romanian: phở — Vietnamese soup
  • Romanian: pho — Vietnamese soup
  • Russian: фо (fo) — Vietnamese soup
  • Spanish: phở — Vietnamese soup
  • Spanish: pho — Vietnamese soup
  • Swedish: pho — Vietnamese soup
  • Swedish: phở — Vietnamese soup
  • Thai: เฝอ (fə̌ə) — Vietnamese soup
  • Turkish: phở — Vietnamese soup
  • Turkish: pho — Vietnamese soup
  • Ukrainian: фо (fo) — Vietnamese soup
  • Vietnamese: phở — Vietnamese soup