sausage
English
/ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsɑsɪd͡ʒ/
noun
Definitions
- A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing; a length of this food.
- A sausage-shaped thing.
- (vulgar) Penis.
- (informal) A term of endearment.
- (military) A saucisse.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sausige derived from saussiche derived from Latin salsīcia (preserved meat, sausage), salsus (salted, salty, salt, witty).
Origin
Latin
salsus
Gloss
salted, salty, salt, witty
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
塩
Emoji
🌊
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Polish English
- Polish sausage English
- chorizo English
- kerb English
- maker English
- making English
- sausage kerb English
- sausagefest English
- sausagelike English
- sausagemaker English
- sausagemaking English
- sausagey English
- sausagy English
- *salsa Latin
- insulsus Latin
- salsugo Latin
- salsus Latin
- salsīcia Latin
- salsīcius Latin
- Chorizo German
- salciccia Italian
- salsiccia Italian
- salsicciaio Italian
- salsiccione Italian
- salsicciotto Italian
- salso Italian
- chorizo French
- sauce French
- saucisse French
- choricero Spanish, Castilian
- choricito Spanish, Castilian
- chorizo Spanish, Castilian
- salchicha Spanish, Castilian
- salsa Spanish, Castilian
- salso Spanish, Castilian
- chouriço Portuguese
- ソーセージ Japanese
- sausige Middle English
- sauce Old French
- salsitxa Catalan, Valencian
- xoriço Catalan, Valencian
- सॉसेज Hindi
- τσορίθο Greek (modern)
- soriso Cebuano
- selsig Welsh
- *salcijs Middle Dutch
- sociso Ido
- sauchisse Norman
- saûciche Norman
- sâociche Norman
- saucisse Middle French
- soseji Swahili
- 소시지 Korean
- jo̧jej Marshallese
- sausizza Sicilian
- sosis Tok Pisin
- saussiche xno
- شّوشّْ Mozarabic