noun
Meaning 1
Food cooked in this manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stir-fry
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General-American: /ˈstɝfɹaɪ/
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noun
Meaning 2
Any of a class of dishes based on Chinese cuisine, typically comprising strips of meat, vegetable and/or noodles, stir-fried and served coated in a sticky sauce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To fry quickly in hot oil whilst constantly stirring, especially in a wok or similar pan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
From stir + fry. Coined by American physician Buwei Yang Chao in 1945, in How to Cook and Eat in Chinese.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: roerbraai — dish
- Chinese Mandarin: 炒飯 /炒饭 (chǎofàn) — dish
- Chinese Mandarin: 炒麵 /炒面 (chǎomiàn) — dish
- Chinese Mandarin: 小炒 (xiǎochǎo) — dish
- Chinese Mandarin: 炒菜 (chǎocài) — dish
- Dutch: roerbakschotel — dish
- Dutch: roerbak — dish
- Esperanto: kirlofritaĵo — dish
- Estonian: vokk — dish
- Estonian: vokiroog — dish
- Finnish: wokki — dish
- French: sauté — dish
- German: Pfannengericht — dish
- German: -pfanne — dish
- German: Geschnetzeltes — dish
- Hebrew: מֻקְפָּץ (muqpátz) — dish
- Hungarian: serpenyős zöldség — dish
- Irish: suaithfhriochadh — dish
- Japanese: 炒め物 (itame-mono) — dish
- Macanese: chau-cháu — dish
- Māori: kapekape — dish
- Norman: fricachie Chinnouaise — dish
- Okinawan: ちゃんぷるー — dish
- Portuguese: refogado — dish
- Russian: жарко́е (žarkóje) — dish
- Spanish: sofrito — dish
- Spanish: salteado — dish
- Swedish: wok — dish
- Tagalog: ginisa — dish
- Thai: ผัด (pàt) — dish
- Afrikaans: roerbraai — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Catalan: saltar — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Chinese Cantonese: 炒 (caau2) — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Chinese Mandarin: 炒 (chǎo) — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Czech: osmažit — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Dutch: roerbakken — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Finnish: wokata — fry something quickly in hot oil
- French: sauter — fry something quickly in hot oil
- German: anbraten — fry something quickly in hot oil
- German: anrösten — fry something quickly in hot oil
- German: unter ständigem Rühren anbraten — fry something quickly in hot oil
- German: pfannenrühren — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Hebrew: הקפיץ (hikpíts) — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Hungarian: dobva-rázva süt — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Indonesian: gongseng — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Indonesian: oseng — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Irish: suaithfhrioch — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Italian: rosolare — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Italian: saltare — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Japanese: 炒める (itameru) — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Khmer: ឆា (chaa) — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Khmer: ឆាឆុរ (chaa chol) — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Macanese: champurâ — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Malay: goreng kilas — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Māori: kapekape — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Norman: fricachi à la Chinnouaise — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Portuguese: refogar — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Russian: жа́рить в ма́сле (žáritʹ v másle) — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Spanish: sofreír — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Spanish: saltear — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Swedish: woka — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Swedish: snabbsteka — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Swedish: sautera — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Tagalog: gisa — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Tày: xảo — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Tày: bốm — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Thai: ผัด (pàt) — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Vietnamese: xào — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Welsh: tro-ffrio — fry something quickly in hot oil
- Zhuang: cauj — fry something quickly in hot oil