chow-chow
English
editNoun
editchow-chow (countable and uncountable, plural chow-chows)
- Alternative form of chowchow
Chinese Pidgin English
editEtymology
editPossibly a reduplication of either Cantonese 炒 (caau2) or Taishanese 炒 (cau2) or etc. Compare Macanese chau-cháu. See also English chow fun, chow mein, etc.
Noun
editchow-chow
Verb
editchow-chow
- to eat
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Gow, W. S. P. (1924) Gow’s Guide to Shanghai, 1924: A Complete, Concise and Accurate Handbook of the City and District, Especially Compiled for the Use of Tourists and Commercial Visitors to the Far East, Shanghai, page 104: “Chow-chow: food, to eat. “My no have catchee chow-chow.””
French
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editchow-chow m (plural chow-chows)
Further reading
edit- “chow-chow”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English Chow Chow.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchow-chow m animal (indeclinable)
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