saucisse

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, from saucisse (“sausage”). Doublet of sausage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səʊˈsiːs/
• IPA^(key): /soʊˈsis/

Noun

saucisse (plural saucisses)

1. (mining, firearms) A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc.
2. (fortification) A fascine of more than ordinary length.

Synonyms

• saucisson
• sausage

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “saucisse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin salsīcia, from salsīcius, from salsus (“salty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so.sis/

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Noun

saucisse f (plural saucisses)

1. sausage (hot dog style)

Related terms

• saucisson

Further reading

• “saucisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.