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hot sauce

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

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  • /ˈhɒtˌsɔs/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any liquid spicy condiment or cooking ingredient made from chili peppers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a pungent peppery sauce

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sauce

Narrower terms: Tabasco, Tabasco sauce

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شطة (šaṭṭa) — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Chinese Cantonese: 辣椒醬 /辣椒酱 (laat6 ziu1 zoeng3) — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 辣醬 /辣酱 (làjiàng) — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 辣椒醬 /辣椒酱 (làjiāojiàng) — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Finnish: chilikastike — condiment made from chile peppers
  • French: sauce piquante — condiment made from chile peppers
  • French: sauce Chili — condiment made from chile peppers
  • German: Chilisauce — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Japanese: チリソース (chirisōsu) — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Japanese: ホットソース (hottosōsu) — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Korean: 칠리소스 (chillisoseu) — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Korean: 핫소스 (hatsoseu) — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Korean: 매운 소스 (mae'un soseu) — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Polish: sos chili — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Russian: о́стрый со́ус (óstryj sóus) — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Russian: чи́ли-со́ус (číli-sóus) — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Russian: со́ус чи́ли (sóus číli) — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Spanish: picante — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Spanish: salsa picante — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Spanish: llajua — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Spanish: ají — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Spanish: ajiaco — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Spanish: salsa alampante — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Swedish: chilisås — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Swedish: stark sås — condiment made from chile peppers
  • Vietnamese: tương ớt — condiment made from chile peppers