tapioca

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese tapioca, from Old Tupi tapi'oka. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /tæpiˈoʊkə/ === Noun === tapioca (countable and uncountable, plural tapiocas) A starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings. Synonyms: cassava, manioc The cassava plant, Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is derived; manioc. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Māori: tapioka → Marshallese: tapioka → Tagalog: tapyoka ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === tapioca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese tapioca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ta.pjɔ.ka/ === Noun === tapioca m (plural tapiocas) tapioca ==== Descendants ==== → Ottoman Turkish: تاپیوقاTurkish: tapyoka → Romanian: tapiocă === Further reading === “tapioca”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese tapioca. === Noun === tapioca f (plural tapioche) tapioca === Anagrams === apatico, atopica, capotai, copiata, opacati, opacità == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Tupi tapi'oka. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔkɐ Hyphenation: ta‧pi‧o‧ca === Noun === tapioca f (plural tapiocas) tapioca (starchy food made from cassava) (cooking) crepe made with tapioca, served with various fillings, often meat or cheese ==== Descendants ==== → Armenian: տապիոկա (tapioka) → Esperanto: tapioko → English: tapioca→ Māori: tapioka→ Marshallese: tapioka→ Tagalog: tapyoka → Finnish: tapioka → French: tapioca→ Ottoman Turkish: تاپیوقاTurkish: tapyoka→ Romanian: tapiocă → German: Tapioka → Indonesian: tapioka → Japanese: タピオカ → Korean: 타피오카 (tapioka) → Spanish: tapioca ==== See also ==== polvilho === Further reading === “tapioca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tapioca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “tapioca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese tapioca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taˈpjoka/ [t̪aˈpjo.ka] Rhymes: -oka Syllabification: ta‧pio‧ca === Noun === tapioca f (plural tapiocas) tapioca ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tapioca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025