ketchup

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See also: Ketchup, and kétchup

English

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A bottle of tomato ketchup.
A bottle of mushroom ketchup.

Alternative forms

Etymology

1711, following earlier catchup (1690), of disputed origin.[1] Originally referred to a sauce from South/Southeast/East Asia – 1690: East Indies (region generally); 1711: Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and China.

Most likely from Malay kicap, from Min Nan 膎汁／鮭汁 (kê-chiap, “brine of fish (namely salmon)”), though precise path is unclear – there are related words in various Chinese dialects, and it may have entered English directly from Chinese. Cognate to Indonesian kecap, ketjap (“soy sauce”). Various other theories exist – see Ketchup: Terminology for extended discussion.

Catsup (earlier catchup) is an alternative Anglicization, still in use in the U.S.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛtʃ.əp/, /ˈkɛtʃ.ʌp/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (Canada):(file)

Noun

ketchup (countable and uncountable, plural ketchups)

  1. (uncountable) A tomato-vinegar-based sauce.
    1. (US standards of identity) A food comprising tomato concentrate and any of vinegar, sweetener, spices, flavoring, onion, and garlic.
  2. (countable) Such a sauce more generally (not necessarily based on tomatoes).
    fish ketchup; fruit ketchup; mushroom ketchup

Usage notes

The term is now used almost exclusively to refer to tomato ketchup. However, at one time it was a more general term for sauce, and it is still occasionally used in this way, as with grape ketchup and mushroom ketchup.

The spelling ketchup became significantly preferred in the United States due to the popularity of the Heinz brand, which shortly after its introduction in 1876 switched from catsup to this spelling to distinguish itself from competitors. Other major brands, such as Hunt, subsequently followed, with Del Monte only switching to ketchup in 1988.[2]

This condiment is more commonly and somewhat ambiguously called tomato sauce outside of the Americas. In South Africa, the word ketchup is not generally understood.

Descendants

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Translations

Verb

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  1. (transitive) To cover with ketchup.
    • 1867, John Maddison Morton, Aunt Charlotte's maid: a farce in one act
      It strikes me she's "ketchupped" the lot! I won't touch a morsel!
    • 1973, Horizon (page 15)
      "Well," said Chuck, ketchupping his hamburger, "I'd rather do without King Lear than put up with the human agony it sprang out of. I'd rather not have the Eroica than have the big bloody conqueror it tries to immortalize."
    • 2009, David Silverman, Twinkle (page 4)
      Their fellow diners, like their ketchupped grub, were appropriately dashed and splattered with paint and plaster, reading their Suns and Daily Mirror.

References

  1. ^ “The etymological origin of the word ketchup is a matter of confusion.” Pure Ketchup, by Andrew F. Smith, →ISBN. Page 4.
  2. ^ “Is There a Difference Between Ketchup and Catsup?”, Slate, Aisha Harris, April 22, 2013

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English ketchup.

Pronunciation

Noun

ketchup m (plural ketchups, diminutive ketchupje n)

  1. ketchup

Synonyms

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English ketchup.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (France):(file)
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  • Audio (Quebec):(file)

Noun

ketchup m (plural ketchups)

  1. ketchup

Further reading

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English ketchup.

Pronunciation

Noun

ketchup m inan

  1. ketchup

Declension

Declension of ketchup
singular plural
nominative ketchup ketchupy
genitive ketchupu ketchupów
dative ketchupowi ketchupom
accusative ketchup ketchupy
instrumental ketchupem ketchupami
locative ketchupie ketchupach
vocative ketchupie ketchupy

Portuguese

Noun

ketchup m (plural s)

  1. Alternative spelling of catchup

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ketchup.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ketchup m (Cyrillic spelling кетцхуп)

  1. Alternative form of kečap

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English ketchup.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keˈt͡ʃup/ [keˈt͡ʃup]

Noun

ketchup m (plural ketchups)

  1. ketchup

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

ketchup c

  1. ketchup

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

ketchup c (no plural)

  1. ketchup
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