bubble tea

English

Bubble tea

Etymology

A phono-semantic match for boba tea (see that entry for more), ultimately from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “busty woman; tapioca pearl(s)”). The match is from the supposed resemblance of the tapioca pearls to bubbles.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bubble tea (countable and uncountable, plural bubble teas)

  1. Sweetened tea with milk and tapioca pearls, often including fruit juice, syrup and other ingredients.
    Synonyms: boba, boba tea, milk tea, pearl cooler, pearl tea, see also Thesaurus:tea

Translations

Further reading

Polish

bubble tea

Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English bubble tea.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbabl ˈti/
    • Syllabification: bu‧bble tea

    Noun

    bubble tea n (indeclinable)

    1. bubble tea (sweetened tea with milk and tapioca pearls, often including fruit juice, syrup, and other ingredients)

    Further reading

    • “bubble tea”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish)
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