pad thai

American  

[paht tahy, pad] / ˈpɑt ˈtaɪ, ˈpæd /

noun

Cooking.

• pad thais
  plural

1. a Thai dish of stir-fried rice noodles, fish sauce and other seasonings, and usually tofu, shrimp, bean sprouts, and peanuts.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pad thais
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pad thai

First recorded in 1975-80; from Thai phàtthai, equivalent to phàt “stir-fry, stir-fried, stir-fried food” + tai, thai “Thai”

Example Sentences

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pad thai

A restaurant gives me a plastic bin for my pad thai?

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2024

The Strahan family continued its celebrations at a nearby Thai restaurant, where Isabella indulged in pad thai, the vlog shows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

She stopped in for a pad thai lunch with a friend on Friday.

From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2023

Kitty-corner from the seafood boil sits the Thai spot PK Noodles Cafe, doing khao soi curry, garlic noodles and pad thai.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

At dinner that night, his mother pushed her pad thai around the Styrofoam container.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro