Worcestershire sauce

English

Bottles of Worcestershire sauce.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwʊstə(ɹ)ʃə(ɹ) ˈsɔːs/, /ˈwʊstə(ɹ) ˈsɔːs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwʊs.tɚ.ʃɚ ˈsɔs/, /ˈwʊs.tɚ.ʃɪɹ ˈsɔs/, /ˈwʊs.tɚ.ʃaɪɚ ˈsɔs/, /ˈwɪs.tɚ.ʃɪɹ ˈsɔs/, /ˈwɪs.tɚ.ʃaɪɚ ˈsɔs/, /ˈwɝʃtəʃɚ ˈsɔs/

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈwʊs.tɚ.ʃɚ ˈsɑs/, /ˈwʊs.tɚ.ʃɪɹ ˈsɑs/, /ˈwʊs.tɚ.ʃaɪɚ ˈsɑs/, /ˈwɪs.tɚ.ʃɪɹ ˈsɑs/, /ˈwɪs.tɚ.ʃaɪɚ ˈsɑs/, /ˈwɝʃtəʃɚ ˈsɑs/

Noun

Worcestershire sauce (countable and uncountable, plural Worcestershire sauces)

1. An English condiment made with vinegar, onions, garlic, etc.; a thin piquant sauce used as a table sauce, to flavour casseroles etc. and as an ingredient in Bloody Marys.

Synonyms

• Worcester sauce

Translations

English condiment

• Afrikaans: worcestersous
• Belarusian: вустэршырскі соус m (vusteršyrski sóus), вустэрскі соус m (vusterski sóus)
• Catalan: salsa anglesa m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 喼汁 (gip¹ zap¹)

  Mandarin: 辣醬油／辣酱油 (zh) (làjiàngyóu)

• Czech: Worcestrová omáčka
• Dutch: Worcestersaus
• Esperanto: Vorcestera saŭco
• Finnish: Worcestershire-kastike, Worcesterkastike
• French: sauce Worcestershire (fr) f
• German: Worcestershiresauce
• Greek: σάλτσα Worcestershire f (sáltsa Worcestershire), σάλτσα Γούστερσιρ f (sáltsa Goústersir), σάλτσα Γούστερ f (sáltsa Goúster)
• Hebrew: רוטב ווסטרשייר
• Hindi: वूस्टरशर सॉस (vūsṭarśar sŏs)
• Hungarian: Worcestershire-szósz, Worcestershire-mártás
• Indonesian: kecap inggris, saus inggris
• Italian: salsa Worcestershire f
• Japanese: ウスターソース (usutā sōsu)
• Korean: 우스터셔 소스 (useuteosyeo soseu)
• Macanese: sós
• Malay: sos Worcestershire
• Norwegian: worcestersaus
• Persian: سس ووسترشر
• Polish: sos Worcestershire m
• Portuguese: molho inglês m
• Russian: Ву́стерский со́ус m (Vústerskij sóus), Вустерши́рский со́ус m (Vusteršírskij sóus)
• Spanish: salsa Worcestershire f, salsa inglesa f
• Swedish: Worcestershiresås
• Tagalog: sarsa pikante
• Thai: วูสเตอร์ซอส (wôotdtêr sót)
• Ukrainian: встерширський соус m (vsteršyrsʹkyj sous), вустерський соус m (vustersʹkyj sous)
• Welsh: saws Caerwrangon m

Further reading

• Worcestershire sauce on Wikipedia.Wikipedia