pad thai

noun

variants often pad Thai
: a Thai dish consisting of rice noodles stir-fried usually with any of various additional ingredients (such as bean sprouts, peanuts, chicken, shrimp, and egg)

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The menu features popular Thai and Lao dishes like pad thai, pad ka pow mussaman, chicken satay and various other meat, noodle, curry and rice dishes. Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025 In what sure felt like an omen to me, earlier this year, DoorDash announced a partnership with the payment-by-installment company Klarna, thereby allowing customers to pay off an order of pad thai over several months. Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025 More: 'Come for the pad thai, discover the rest' as Take Thai celebrates 1-year of love, good foodNeed a news break? Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Oct. 2025 The Star has sought out the sweet with KC’s best cinnamon roll and the savory with the metro’s top-tier pad thai (winner soon to be announced). Chandler Boese, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pad thai

Word History

Etymology

Thai phàd thaj, literally, Thai stir-fried mixture

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pad thai was in 1978

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“Pad thai.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pad%20thai. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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