fast-food

See also: fastfood, Fastfood, fast food, Fast food, and Fast Food

English

Adjective

fast-food (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or serving fast food.

Derived terms

• fast-foodie

Noun

fast-food (plural fast-foods)

1. Rare form of fast food.
   • 2004, Allan E. Bellman, Sadie Chavis Bragg, Randall I. Charles, William G. Handlin, Sr., Dan Kennedy, “Scatter Plots and Equations of Lines”, in Algebra 1 (Prentice Hall Mathematics), North Carolina adopted edition, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, →ISBN, chapter 6 (Linear Equations and Their Graphs), page 319:

     Estimate the number of calories in a fast-food that has 14g of fat.

   • 2008 September 5, Anna Spiewak, “Zapiekanka, a true taste of Poland: Clifton eatery offers favorite Polish food”, in Clifton Journal, Clifton, N.J.: North Jersey Media Group Inc., →OCLC, page 3:

     Somewhat similar to the American version of a pizza but much less salty, zapiekanka (singular form) literally means baked, and is a popular Polish fast-food composed of a long baguette, sprinkled with chopped mushrooms, covered with cheese, and poured on top with ketchup, and additionally other toppings.

   • 2016, Movindri Reddy, “Doubles”, in Social Movements and the Indian Diaspora (Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, chapter 6 (Culture and diaspora):

     Doubles is a popular fast-food in Trinidad of two bara (fried flat bread) filled with channa (chickpea curry) and pepper sauce, kuchela (shredded mango chutney), and other sauces or salads.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

fast-food m (plural fast-foods)

1. fast food
2. a fast food restaurant

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛs.t͡ʃiˈfu.d͡ʒi/, /ˌfɛst͡ʃˈfud͡ʒ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛs.t͡ʃiˈfu.d͡ʒi/, /ˌfɛst͡ʃˈfud͡ʒ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛʃ.t͡ʃiˈfu.d͡ʒi/, /ˌfɛʃt͡ʃˈfud͡ʒ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛst͡ʃˈfud͡ʒ/, /ˌfɛs.t͡ʃiˈfu.d͡ʒi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛʃtˈfud/ [ˌfɛʃtˈfuð]

Noun

fast-food m or f (plural fast-foods)

1. Alternative spelling of fast food

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fast-food.

Noun

fast-food n (plural fast-fooduri)

1. fast-food

Declension

Declension of fast-food

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fast-food	fast-foodul		fast-fooduri	fast-foodurile
genitive-dative	fast-food	fast-foodului		fast-fooduri	fast-foodurilor
vocative	fast-foodule			fast-foodurilor