Complete Definition of "sandwich"

see|Sandwich|sándwich
Image:Italian Sandwich.jpeg|thumb|An [[Italian sandwich.]]
English

Etymology
Named after its supposed inventor, the w:John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich|Earl of Sandwich (see Sandwich).

Pronunciation
IPA|/�sændwɪʧ/, IPA|/�sændwɪd�/
SAMPA|/"s{ndwItS/, SAMPA|/"s{ndwIdZ/
audio|en-us-sandwich.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun|sandwich|es

  1. A snack formed of various ingredients between two slices of bread

#:cheese sandwich

  1. Any combination formed by layering material of one type between two layers of material of another type

Synonyms

butty (UK)
sarnie (UK)

Derived terms
club sandwich
sandwich spread
sandwich board

Translations
trans-top|snack
Afrikaans: toebroodjie
Arabic: ARchar|سا�د��تش (sánduwitš) m
Bosnian: sendvi� m
Chinese: ��治 (s�nmíngzhì)
Croatian: sendvi� m
Danish: #Danish|sandwich
Dutch: boterham m, sandwich m
Estonian: võileib
Finnish: voileipä, kerrosvoileipä
French: sandwich#French|sandwich m
German: belegtes Brot n, Sandwich n
Greek: �άν�ο�ι�� n (sánduits), μεζεδάκι n (mezedháki)
Hebrew: �ר�� (karikh)
Hungarian: szendvics
Icelandic: samloka f
Italian: tramezzino m, panino m
Japanese: ������ (sandoitchi)
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Korean: ���� (saendeuwichi)
Norman French: sannouiche
Norwegian: #Norwegian|sandwich, smørbrød
Polish: kanapka f
Portuguese: sanduíche m (Brazil), sandes f (Port.)
Romanian: sandvi� n
Russian: �андви� (sándvi�) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �ендви� m
:Roman: sendvi� m
Slovene: sendvi� m
Spanish: sándwich m, emparedado m, torta f (Mex.)
Swedish: sandwich#Swedish|sandwich c, dubbelmacka c
Telugu: �ప�ప���ి (appacchi)
Vietnamese: bánh mì (also means "bread"), bánh mì kẹp, x�ng-duych (rare)
Welsh: brechdan
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trans-top|layers of material
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Flemish: sven, verbeiren, svenneken
ttbc|Irish: ceapaire m4
ttbc|Slovak: obložený chlebí�ek m (1), sendvi� m (1)
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See also
:w:sandwich|Wikipedia article on Sandwich
butty

Verb
en-verb|sandwich|es

  1. To place one item between two other, usually flat, items

Translations
trans-top|to place one item between two other, usually flat, items
German: einklemmen, einzwängen
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Vietnamese: kẹp, khoác
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Category:English eponyms


French

Noun
fr-noun|m (see usage notes)

  1. sandwich#English|sandwich (snack)

Usage notes
Note that French does not follow the English rule of adding es to nouns ending in the sound /t�/. Since the final s is not pronounced in the plural, there is no difficulty in pronouncing the plural formed by adding s rather than es.

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Revision and Credits for"sandwich"
  • 2007-12-22 02:07 - Circeus - Change deprecated template, Replaced: {{fr-noun-reg|m}} → {{fr-noun|m}} [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]]

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