sauce en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [soə̯s] (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
- /sɔs/ without the cot–caught merger
- /sos/ (Philippines)
- (Australia) audio
- [sʊə̯s] (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
- /sɔːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [sɔə̯s] (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
- (US) audio cot-caught
- /sɑs/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /soːs/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- /sɔs/ (Scotland)
- /sɒs/ (Canada)
Etymology
PIE word *sḗh₂l From Middle English sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), past participle of saliō (“to salt”), from sal. Doublet of salsa. For the meaning development compare Ancient Greek ἥδυσμα (hḗdusma) ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (whence also English sweet).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.
You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.
2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum, →ISBN, page 192:[Prince Paul.] […] But, believe me, you are wrong to run down cookery. For myself, the only immortality I desire is to invent a new sauce. I have never had time enough to think seriously about it, but I feel it is in me, I feel it is in me.
1883, Oscar Wilde, Vera […] :apple sauce; mint sauce
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(Australia, India, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable) Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in
[meat] pie and [tomato] sauce
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(countable, qualifier:usually “the”, slang, uncountable) Alcohol, booze.
[…] she was thinking of her first husband, who was a heel to end all heels and a constant pain in the neck to her till one night he most fortunately walked into the River Thames while under the influence of the sauce and didn't come up for days.
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:Maybe you should lay off the sauce.
I've been pretty much off the sauce during the last week, trying to get Pepper to like me again. (Horace won't drink with me any more.)
1993, Tristan Hawkins, Pepper, London: Flamingo, →ISBN, page 110:
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(countable, qualifier:usually “the”, slang, uncountable) Vitality; capability or talent.
It's over for that guy. He lost the sauce.
- (countable, uncountable) Anabolic steroids.
- (countable, uncountable) A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
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(countable, dated, uncountable) Cheek; impertinence; backtalk; sass.
"See here, Captain!" He planted himself squarely in front of Faramir, his hands on his hips, and a look on his face as if he was addressing a young hobbit who had offered him what he called "sauce" when questioned about visiting the orchard.
1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, volume 2, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., published 1968, →ISBN, page 691:‘Well, you know what Matchett’s like! Just about bring herself to talk to me because I’m housemaid, but if the gardener’s boy so much as looks at ’er it’s sauce,’ said Sarah.
1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 39:
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(US, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) Vegetables.
I wanted cabbage or potaters, or most any sort o' garden sarse [...]
1833, John Neal, The Down-Easters: &c. &c. &c., volume 1, Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 91:[...] and all would be well only for a remark of a little boy who, when asked if he will have some more of the sauce, says he "don't want no strawberries pickled in kerosene."
1882, George W. Peck, “Unscrewing the Top of a Fruit Jar”, in Peck's Sunshine:
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(UK, US, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable) Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.
The first night of our expedition, we boiled our meat; and I asked the landlady for a little sauce, she told me to go to the garden and take as much cabbage as I pleased, and that, boiled with the meat, was all we could eat.
1830, Joseph Plumb Martin, “Ch. VIII”, in A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier:Roots, herbs, vine fruits, and salad flowers […] they dish up various ways, and find them very delicious sauce to their meats, both roasted and boiled, fresh and salt.
1705, Robert Beverley, The History of Virginia:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sauces | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sawce | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
sauce for the goose · weak sauce · what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander · more sauce than meat · poor man's sauce · sauceboat · saucedish · fair shake of the sauce bottle · sass · saucelike · fair suck of the sauce stick · goated with the sauce · hunger is the best sauce · saucepan · saucy · Korean sauce · sauceman · saucemaking · saucier · hunger sauce · secret sauce · awesome sauce · serve someone with the same sauce · sauceless · fair suck of the sauce bottle · awesome-sauce · sauce-alone · sauce crayon · saucebox · saucemaker · serve someone the same sauce · weaksauce · sauceplate · saucepot · hunger is a good sauce · sauce boat
Descendants
Hyponyms
tiger sauce · pepper sauce · fry sauce · Nantua sauce · apple sauce · soya sauce · Shirley sauce · sauce Robert · secret sauce · Paloise sauce · rooster sauce · bechamel sauce · Louis sauce · black-bean sauce · allemande sauce · daughter sauce · mumbo sauce · Metaxa sauce · Geneva sauce · mint sauce · Maltese sauce · Albert sauce · mother sauce · béarnaise sauce · apple-sauce · Marie Rose sauce · pomodoro sauce · fish sauce · Normande sauce · yum yum sauce · donair sauce · magic sauce · hamburger sauce · Portuguese sauce · tonkatsu sauce · duck sauce · alec sauce · caper sauce · meat sauce · Bolognese sauce · Choron sauce · sweet bean sauce · cocktail sauce · tartare sauce · barbecue sauce · chili sauce · Valois sauce · Rhode Island sauce · gypsy sauce · black bean sauce · bearnaise sauce · palava sauce · tianmian sauce · Jezebel sauce · Zigeuner sauce · cheese sauce · Big Mac sauce · Foyot sauce · Café de Paris sauce · suprême sauce · rosé sauce · XO sauce · Worcestershire sauce · oyster sauce · honey dill sauce · laurier-sauce · admiral's sauce · burger sauce · lobster sauce · coronation sauce · mambo sauce · sugar-butter sauce · green sauce · Genevoise sauce · red sauce · fancy sauce · table sauce · spaghetti sauce · Worcester sauce · charcutière sauce · hoisin sauce · spiedie sauce · Colbert sauce · white sauce · steak sauce · aurora sauce · hollandaise sauce · Algerian sauce · barbeque sauce · Bordelaise sauce · salsa sauce · pizza sauce · poulette sauce · wow-wow sauce · horseradish sauce · Normandy sauce · tartar sauce · admiral sauce · mild sauce · [Term?] · brown sauce · BBQ sauce · bread sauce · marchand de vin sauce · ranchero sauce · Tabasco sauce · buffalo sauce · Béchamel sauce · chippie sauce · hot sauce · Madeira sauce · dipping sauce · wing sauce · Genovese sauce · applesauce · plum sauce · meunière sauce · samurai sauce · sweet-and-sour sauce · tomato sauce · hard sauce · palaver sauce · vodka sauce · mignonette sauce · comeback sauce · special sauce · soy sauce · béchamel sauce · Skagen sauce · pasta sauce · cream sauce · Mary Rose sauce · Melba sauce · chippy sauce · Cumberland sauce
Relateds
on the sauce (alcohol) · sauce parlor (alcohol) · sauced (alcohol) · hit the sauce (alcohol) · sauce parlour (alcohol) · lost in the sauce (alcohol)
Synonyms
tincture · drink · libation · strong water · liquor · tipple · bevvy · sauce · fuddling · sowl · carouse · strong drink · nightcap · juice · tiddly · grog · potent potable · lush · potation · booze · hard drink · shot · adult beverage · alcohol
Translations (161)
eu saltsa (liquid condiment) · cmn 沙司 (liquid condiment) · bn টক (liquid condiment) · mi kīnaki (liquid condiment) · sl omaka (liquid condiment) · tr salça (liquid condiment) · fo sós (liquid condiment) · th ซอส (liquid condiment) · ms cicahan (liquid condiment) · hy սոուս (liquid condiment) · cmn 醬汁 /酱汁 (liquid condiment) · he רוטב \ רֹטֶב (liquid condiment) · ur چَٹْنی (liquid condiment) · af sous (liquid condiment) · vo sod (liquid condiment) · lo ນ້ຳຈິ້ມ (liquid condiment) · kk қатық (liquid condiment) · es salsa (liquid condiment) · cmn 醬 /酱 (liquid condiment) · nb saus (liquid condiment) · arq بيون (liquid condiment) · hi चटनी (liquid condiment) · bo ཁུ་བ (liquid condiment) · be соўс (liquid condiment) · gl mollo (liquid condiment) · gag manca (liquid condiment) · lo ຍັງ (liquid condiment) · acw صلصة (liquid condiment) · kum ашны суву (liquid condiment) · la sūcus (liquid condiment) · la embamma (liquid condiment) · lv mērce (liquid condiment) · ar مَرَق (liquid condiment) · gl prebe (liquid condiment) · uk со́ус (liquid condiment) · my ငါးပိရည် (liquid condiment) · tg қайла (liquid condiment) · arq لاصوص (liquid condiment) · ug قىيام (liquid condiment) · vi tương (liquid condiment) · pl sos (liquid condiment) · ps تبی (liquid condiment) · acw صوص (liquid condiment) · arz صلصة (liquid condiment) · de Sauce (liquid condiment) · bg дъ́рзост (cheek) · nl saus (liquid condiment) · sv sås (liquid condiment) · sq salcë (liquid condiment) · ru на́глость (cheek) · tr sos (liquid condiment) · kk тұздық (liquid condiment) · ms kuah (liquid condiment) · kmr sos (liquid condiment) · ru наха́льство (cheek) · gl salsa (liquid condiment) · hu mártás (liquid condiment) · rsk мачанка (liquid condiment) · ky соус (liquid condiment) · io sauco (liquid condiment) · fr sauce (liquid condiment) · lb Zooss (liquid condiment) · cy saws (liquid condiment) · grc ἔμβαμμα (liquid condiment) · el σάλτσα (liquid condiment) · ar صَلْصَة (liquid condiment) · be падлі́ўка (liquid condiment) · gd sabhs (liquid condiment) · lt padažas (liquid condiment) · lo ນ້ຳແຈ່ວ (liquid condiment) · ca salsa (liquid condiment) · zlw-ocs júška (liquid condiment) · arq صوص (liquid condiment) · crh salca (liquid condiment) · ga anlann (liquid condiment) · sm sosi (liquid condiment) · gur zẽerɔ (liquid condiment) · ru подли́вка (liquid condiment) · ast mueyu (liquid condiment) · tl sarsa (liquid condiment) · ms sos (liquid condiment) · bn আচার (liquid condiment) · mk сос (liquid condiment) · az sous (liquid condiment) · uk підли́ва (liquid condiment) · az تربيه (liquid condiment) · yi אײַנברען (liquid condiment) · az yemək şirəsi (liquid condiment) · ps اتوب (liquid condiment) · da sovs (liquid condiment) · az tərbiyə (liquid condiment) · ko 소스 (liquid condiment) · arz صوص (liquid condiment) · ms saus (liquid condiment) · vot kasõ (liquid condiment) · vi xốt (liquid condiment) · cmn 汁 (liquid condiment) · zdj mtuzi (liquid condiment) · ast salsa (liquid condiment) · mn шүүс (liquid condiment) · tk sous (liquid condiment) · sh sos (liquid condiment) · eo saŭco (liquid condiment) · crh sous (liquid condiment) · ka საწებელი (liquid condiment) · umb usolê (liquid condiment) · uz qayla (liquid condiment) · bn সস (liquid condiment) · gd sùgh (liquid condiment) · ms colek (liquid condiment) · sh умак (liquid condiment) · bg сос (liquid condiment) · yue 醬 /酱 (liquid condiment) · kmr çênc (liquid condiment) · th น้ำปลา (liquid condiment) · is sósa (liquid condiment) · yi סאָס (liquid condiment) · lo ນ້ຳແກງ (liquid condiment) · om ittoo (liquid condiment) · fi kastike (liquid condiment) · tg соус (liquid condiment) · nn saus (liquid condiment) · ar مَرَقَة (liquid condiment) · yi סאָוּס (liquid condiment) · my ချဉ်ရည် (liquid condiment) · et kaste (liquid condiment) · fa-ira سُس (liquid condiment) · mt zalza (liquid condiment) · kk соус (liquid condiment) · id saus (liquid condiment) · nl onbeleefde opmerkingen (cheek) · arz مرقة (liquid condiment) · vi nước chấm (liquid condiment) · ro sos (liquid condiment) · ky катык (liquid condiment) · mk пре́лив (liquid condiment) · sk omáčka (liquid condiment) · ru де́рзость (cheek) · de Soße (liquid condiment) · az صوص (liquid condiment) · bg наха́лство (cheek) · el αυθάδεια (cheek) · sh umak (liquid condiment) · pt molho (liquid condiment) · ru со́ус (liquid condiment) · ang inwise (liquid condiment) · uz sous (liquid condiment) · ur ساس (liquid condiment) · la pulmentum (liquid condiment) · hu szemtelenség (cheek) · cs omáčka (liquid condiment) · swb mtsuzi (liquid condiment) · hu szósz (liquid condiment) · mn сүмс (liquid condiment) · ja ソース (liquid condiment) · pdt Sauss (liquid condiment) · sh сос (liquid condiment) · it salsa (liquid condiment) · km ទឹកជ្រលក់ (liquid condiment) · grc ἥδυσμα (liquid condiment) · hi सॉस (liquid condiment)