Phrase guide

barbecue sauce

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːbɪkjuː sɔːs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈbɑːɹbəkjuː sɑːs/
  • General-American: /- sɔːs/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A fruity, tangy, usually brown sauce, typically consisting of a vinegar or tomato base with spices and sweeteners, used as a basting sauce, marinade, or condiment, especially for barbecued meat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

spicy sweet and sour sauce usually based on catsup or chili sauce

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sauce

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 燒烤醬 /烧烤酱 (shāokǎojiàng) — type of sauce
  • Chinese Mandarin: 燒烤汁 /烧烤汁 (shāokǎozhī) — type of sauce
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烤肉醬 /烤肉酱 (kǎoròujiàng) — type of sauce
  • Chinese Mandarin: 燒烤調味汁 /烧烤调味汁 (shāokǎo tiáowèizhī) — type of sauce
  • Czech: barbecue omáčka — type of sauce
  • Danish: barbecuesovs — type of sauce
  • Dutch: barbecuesaus — type of sauce
  • Esperanto: kradrosta saŭco — type of sauce
  • Finnish: grillauskastike — type of sauce
  • Finnish: grillikastike — type of sauce
  • Finnish: BBQ-kastike — type of sauce
  • French: sauce barbecue — type of sauce
  • German: Barbecuesauce — type of sauce
  • Hebrew: רוטב ברביקיו — type of sauce
  • Hungarian: barbecue-szósz — type of sauce
  • Icelandic: BBQ-sósa — type of sauce
  • Italian: salsa barbecue — type of sauce
  • Japanese: バーベキューソース (bābekyū sōsu) — type of sauce
  • Korean: 바비큐 소스 (babikyu soseu) — type of sauce
  • Persian: سس تنوری — type of sauce
  • Polish: barbecue — type of sauce
  • Polish: sos barbecue — type of sauce
  • Portuguese: molho de churrasco — type of sauce
  • Portuguese: molho barbecue — type of sauce
  • Russian: со́ус для барбекью́ (sóus dlja barbekʹjú) — type of sauce
  • Spanish: salsa barbacoa — type of sauce
  • Swedish: grillsås — type of sauce
  • Swedish: barbecuesås — type of sauce
  • Tagalog: salsang ihaw — type of sauce