different between tempeh vs fakon

English

Etymology

From Indonesian tempe, possibly from Old Javanese tumpi (a food made from starch and tempeh), or Indonesian tapai (“fermentation”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?t?mpe?/

Noun

tempeh (countable and uncountable, plural tempehs)

1. An Indonesian food made from partially-cooked fermented soybeans, mixed with a fungus (Rhizopus oligosporus).
   • 2015, Labodalih Sembiring, translating Eka Kurniawan, Man Tiger, Verso 2015, p. 1:

     The leaves were of use only to the tempeh factories, which collected them every night.

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French

Noun

tempeh m (plural tempehs)

1. tempeh

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tempeh/
• Rhymes: -empeh, -peh, -eh

Noun

tempeh (Jawi spelling ???????, plural tempeh-tempeh, informal 1st possessive tempehku, impolite 2nd possessive tempehmu, 3rd possessive tempehnya)

1. Nonstandard spelling of tempe.

English

Etymology

Blend of fake +? bacon

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?'k?n, IPA^(key): /?fe?kn?/
• Rhymes: -e?k?n

Noun

fakon (uncountable)

1. meat-free imitation bacon, generally made with tofu, tempeh, beans, or buckwheat.
   • 2005, Robert Buettner, Orphan's Destiny

     The steward smiled back at Brumby and dumped her entire remaining bacon reserve onto Brumby's eggs. That meant the rest of the lineup would have to settle for reconstituted sausage or soy-based fakon. Brace's rat-nosed valet snorted, […]

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Esperanto

Noun

fakon

1. accusative singular of fako