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tom yam

UK/ˌtɒm ˈjæm/US/ˌtɑm ˈjɑm/

tom yam noun: a Thai soup flavoured with fish sauce, lemongrass, lime juice, and chillies.

Noun

tom yam (usually uncountable, plural tom yams)

  1. (usually) A Thai soup flavoured with fish sauce, lemongrass, lime juice, and chillies.

tom yam meaning in Bengali, Indonesian and Thai

tom yam in Bengali

মাছের সস, লেমনগ্রাস

tom yam in Indonesian

a Thai soup flavoured with fish sauce, lemongrass, lime juice, and chillies
tom yam

tom yam in Thai

a Thai soup flavoured with fish sauce, lemongrass, lime juice, and chillies
ต้มยำ dtôm-yam

Forms of tom yam

pluraltom yams
alternative formtom yum

Origin of tom yam

From Thai ต้มยำ (dtôm-yam, literally “boil mixture”).

Words formed from tom yam

Questions about tom yam

What does tom yam mean?
Tom yam means a Thai soup flavoured with fish sauce, lemongrass, lime juice, and chillies.
What is tom yam in Bengali?
Tom yam in Bengali is মাছের সস, লেমনগ্রাস. See Tom yam meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is tom yam?
Tom yam is a noun.
How do you pronounce tom yam?
Tom yam is pronounced /ˌtɒm ˈjæm/ (UK).
What is the plural of tom yam?
The plural of tom yam is tom yams.

Words near tom yam in the dictionary

  1. tom tit
  2. tom tits
  3. Tom Trot
  4. Tom Tug
  5. Tom Tugs
  6. tom yam
  7. tom yam gai
  8. tom yam goong
  9. tom yam kung
  10. tom yam pla
  11. tom yams

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tom yam (page history and authors); tom yam (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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