Phrase guide

street food

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Ready-to-eat food obtainable from a streetside vendor, often from a makeshift or portable stall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Food of this kind served in other contexts such as dine-in restaurants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَكْل الشَّارِع (ʔakl aš-šāriʕ) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Belarusian: ву́лічная е́жа (vúličnaja jéža) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Burmese: လမ်းဘေးစာ (lam:bhe:ca) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Chinese Cantonese: 街邊小食 /街边小食 (gaai1 bin1 siu2 sik6) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 街頭小吃 /街头小吃 (jiētóu xiǎochī) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 街頭食品 /街头食品 (jiētóu shípǐn) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Czech: pouliční jídlo — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Dutch: straatvoedsel — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Dutch: streetfood — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Finnish: katuruoka — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • French: bouffe de rue — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • French: cuisine de rue — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Georgian: ქუჩის საკვები (kučis saḳvebi) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Georgian: ქუჩის საჭმელი (kučis sač̣meli) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Georgian: სტრიტ-ფუდი (sṭriṭ-pudi) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Georgian: სთრით-ფუდი (strit-pudi) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Georgian: ქუჩის კვება (kučis ḳveba) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • German: Streetfood — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Italian: street food — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Italian: cibo di strada — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Japanese: ストリートフード (sutorīto fūdo) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Japanese: 屋台の食べ物 (yatai no tabemono) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Khmer: ម្ហូបតាមផ្លូវ (mhoup taam phləw) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Korean: 길거리 음식 (gilgeori eumsik) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Polish: street food — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Portuguese: comida de rua — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Romanian: mâncare stradală — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Russian: у́личная еда́ (úličnaja jedá) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Russian: стритфу́д (stritfúd) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Slovak: pouličné jedlo — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Spanish: comida calleje — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Spanish: comida callejera — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Swedish: gatumat — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Swedish: gatukäk — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Swedish: streetfood — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Thai: อาหารข้างถนน (aa-hǎan-kâang-tà-nǒn) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Turkish: sokak yemeği — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Ukrainian: ву́лична ї́жа (vúlyčna jíža) — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Vietnamese: món ăn đường phố — food obtainable from a streetside vendor
  • Vietnamese: thức ăn đường phố — food obtainable from a streetside vendor