bánh mì

See also: banh mi

English

Etymology

From Vietnamese bánh mì

Noun

bánh mì (plural bánh mìs)

  1. Alternative spelling of banh mi

Vietnamese
bánh mì (Vietnamese-style bread)
bánh mì (Saigon-style sandwich)

Alternative forms

Etymology

bánh (“pastry, cake, bread, dumpling, noodle, wafer, or pudding”) +‎ mì (“wheat”). Compare bột mì.

A folk etymology claims that bánh mì is a corruption of French pain de mie. An 1898 dictionary defines French miche as bánh tây, a now-dated term for Western-style bread.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier chiếc, ổ, cái) bánh mì (餅麵)

  1. bread or a similar food made of flour, particularly Vietnamese-style bread
    • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:bánh mì.
    bánh mì ngọt
    sweet bread
  2. (by extension) sandwich
  3. (by extension) Saigon-style sandwich
    bánh mì kẹp thịt
    "sandwich baguette"; banh mi sandwich
    Bánh mì Sài Gòn, một ngàn một ổ!
    Saigonese banh mi, one thousand dongs a loaf!

Usage notes
  • The classifier chiếc is used in northern Vietnam, while ổ is used in southern Vietnam.[2]

Synonyms
  • (bread): bánh tây (dated)
  • (sandwich): bánh mì kẹp, bánh kẹp, xăng-đuých, xăng-uých, bánh tây (dated)
  • (Saigon-style sandwich): bánh mì kẹp, bánh mì kẹp thịt, bánh mì Sài Gòn

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • bánh mì bắp (northern Vietnam)
  • bánh mì bơ tỏi (“garlic bread”)
  • bánh mì cây (“breadstick, baguette”)
  • bánh mì chuối (“banana bread”)
  • bánh mì đen (“rye bread”)
  • bánh mì gừng (“gingerbread”)
  • bánh mì kẹp (“sandwich”)
  • bánh mì kẹp thịt
  • bánh mì lát (“sliced bread”)
  • bánh mì lúa mạch (“rye bread”)
  • bánh mì nâu (“brown bread, wheat bread”)
  • bánh mì ngô (“cornbread”) (southern Vietnam)
  • bánh mì ngũ cốc (“whole wheat bread”)
  • bánh mì Pháp (“baguette, French bread”)
  • bánh mì Sài Gòn
  • bánh mì que (“breadstick, baguette”)
  • bánh mì thái lát (“sliced bread”)
  • bánh mì thịt
  • bánh mì thịt nguội
  • bánh mì trắng (“white bread”)
  • bánh mì vòng (“bagel”)
  • lát bánh mì (“slice of bread”)
  • lò bánh mì (“bakery”)
  • tiệm bánh mì (“bakery”)
  • vụn bánh mì (“breadcrumb”)

Descendants

See also

References
  1. Pierre Gabriel Vallot (1898) Dictionnaire franco-tonkinois illustré [Illustrated Franco-Tonkinese Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Schneider, page 228
  2. “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 19 April 2014, archived from the original on 28 October 2015
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