sauce

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.4 Anagrams 3 Spanish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Usage notes

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

• Rhymes: -ɔːs

[edit] Homophones

• source (in some non-rhotic accents)

[edit] Etymology

From Old French sauce, from Latin salsus ‘salted’.

[edit] Noun

sauce (countable and uncountable; plural sauces)

1. A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food
2. cheek, impertinence
3. booze, alcohol
4. (bodybuilding) anabolic steroids

[edit] Derived terms

• saucy
• barbecue sauce
• tomato sauce
• Worcestershire sauce
• saucepan
• saucepot

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to sauce (third-person singular simple present sauces, present participle saucing, simple past and past participle sauced)

1. to apply sauce
2. to give cheek

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• bechamel
• catsup
• coulis
• gravy
• ketchup
• salsa
• soy

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acesu
• cause, 'cause

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin salsus ‘salted’.

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

sauce f. (plural sauces)

1. sauce

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acesu
• cause, causé
• sceau

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsau.se/ (Latin America) or IPA: /ˈsau.θe/ (Spain)

[edit] Etymology

From Latin salix ‘willow’.

[edit] Noun

sauce m. (plural sauces)

1. willow

[edit] Usage notes

Sauce is a false friend, and does not mean the same as English "sauce". The word for "sauce" in Spanish is salsa.