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fish sauce

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A condiment made from fermented fish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صلصة السمك (ṣalṣa al-samak) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Arabic: صوص السمك (ṣōṣ al-samak) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Burmese: ငံပြာရည် (ngamprarany) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Chinese Cantonese: 魚露 /鱼露 (jyu4 lou6) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 魚露 /鱼露 (yúlù) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Czech: rybí omáčka — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Danish: fiskesovs — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Dutch: vissaus — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Finnish: kalakastike — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • French: sauce de poisson — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • German: Fischsauce — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • German: Fischsoße — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Ancient Greek: γάρος (gáros) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Hindi: मीन सॉस (mīn sŏs) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • White Hmong: nam pa — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Indonesian: kecap ikan — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Italian: salsa di pesce — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Japanese: 魚醤 (gyoshō) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Japanese: 魚醤油 (uo shōyu) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Japanese: ナンプラー (nanpurā) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Khmer: ទឹកត្រី (tɨk trəy) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Korean: 어장 (eojang) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Lao: ນ້ໍາປາ (nam pā) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Latin: garum — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Latin: allēc — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Latin: liquāmen — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Lü: ᦓᧄᧉᦔᦱ (nam2ṗaa) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Malay: kicap ikan — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Malay: kicap sotong — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Malay: petis — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fiskesaus — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Persian: سس ماهی (sos-e mâhi) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Polish: sos rybny — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Portuguese: molho de peixe — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Romanian: sos de pește — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Russian: ры́бный со́ус (rýbnyj sóus) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Shan: ၼမ်ႉပႃ (nâ̰m pǎa) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Spanish: salsa de pescado — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Swedish: fisksås — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Tagalog: patis — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Tamil: மீன் சுவைச்சாறு (mīṉ cuvaiccāṟu) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Thai: น้ําปลา (nám-bplaa) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Northern Thai: ᨶ᩶ᩣᩴᨸᩖᩣ — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Ukrainian: ри́бний со́ус (rýbnyj sóus) — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Vietnamese: nước mắm — condiment composed of fermented fish
  • Vietnamese: mắm — condiment composed of fermented fish