noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/
General-American:/ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/
cot-caught-merger:/ˈsɑsɪd͡ʒ/
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obsolete:/ˈsæsɪd͡ʒ/
obsolete:/ˈsɑːsɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes with -ɒsɪdʒ
rhymes with -ɔsɪdʒ
rhymes with -ɑsɪdʒ
CMU ARPABET:S AO1 S AH0 JH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:S AO1 S IH0 JH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An individual item of this food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A sausage-shaped thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A penis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A term of endearment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
Examples
my little sausage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A saucisse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A dachshund; sausage dog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
Ellipsis of sausage roll (“the dole; unemployment”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), from Late Latin salsīcia (compare Sicilian sausizza, Spanish salchicha, Italian salsiccia), feminine of salsīcius (“seasoned with salt”), derivative of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sal (“salt”). More at salt. Doublet of saucisse. See also Sicilian sausizza. Displaced native Old English mearh.
Across languages
Translations
230 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
wors
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Albanian:
suxhuk
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Albanian:
sallam
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Arabic:
سُجُق
(sujuq)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Arabic:
نَقَانِق
(naqāniq)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Arabic:
سجق
(suguʔ)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Arabic:
سوسيس
(susīs)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Arabic:
مرقاز
(mergaz)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Arabic:
سوسيس
(susis)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Armenian:
երշիկ
(eršik)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Asturian:
salchicha
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Azerbaijani:
kolbasa
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Basque:
txistorra
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Belarusian:
каўбаса́
(kawbasá)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Bengali:
সসেজ
(śośej)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Breton:
silzigenn
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Bulgarian:
на́деница
(nádenica)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Bulgarian:
кренвирш
(krenvirš)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Burmese:
ဝက်အူချောင်း
(wak-uhkyaung:)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Catalan:
salsitxa
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Chechen:
йоьхь
(jöḥr)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Chinese Cantonese:
香腸 /香肠
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Chinese:
чонзы
(čonzɨ)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Hakka Chinese:
煙腸 /烟肠
(yên-chhòng)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Hakka Chinese:
灌腸 /灌肠
(kon-chhòng)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Chinese:
煙腸 /烟肠
(zh-min-nan)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Chinese:
灌腸 /灌肠
(zh-min-nan)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Chinese Mandarin:
香腸 /香肠
(xiāngcháng)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Wu Chinese:
香腸 /香肠
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Chuvash:
кӑлпасси
(kălp̬assi)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Czech:
klobása
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Danish:
pølse
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Dutch:
worst
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Esperanto:
kolbaso
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Estonian:
vorst
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Faroese:
pylsa
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Finnish:
makkara
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
French:
saucisse
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
West-Frisian:
woarst
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Galician:
salchicha
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Galician:
longaínza
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Galician:
chourizo
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Georgian:
ძეხვი
(ʒexvi)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Georgian:
სოსისი
(sosisi)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Georgian:
კუპატი
(ḳuṗaṭi)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
German:
Wurst
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Greek:
λουκάνικο
(loukániko)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Ancient Greek:
ἀλλᾶς
(allâs)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Ancient Greek:
φύσκη
(phúskē)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Ancient Greek:
χορδή
(khordḗ)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Ancient Greek:
χόλιξ
(khólix)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Greenlandic:
immigaq
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Greenlandic:
pølse
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Gujarati:
સોસેજ
(sosej)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Gujarati:
ફુલમો
(phulmo)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Hawaiian:
naʻaukake
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Hebrew:
נַקְנִיק
(nakník)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Hindi:
सॉसेज
(sŏsej)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Hungarian:
kolbász
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Hunsrik:
Worst
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Icelandic:
pylsa
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Icelandic:
bjúga
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Ido:
sociso
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Indonesian:
sosis
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Ingrian:
makkara
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Ingrian:
kolbassi
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Irish:
ispín
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Italian:
salsiccia
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Italian:
salame
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Italian:
salume
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Italian:
insaccato
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Japanese:
ソーセージ
(sōsēji)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Japanese:
カルパス
(karupasu)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Kalmyk:
цуцг
(tsutsg)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Kannada:
ಸಾಸೇಜ್
(sāsēj)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Kazakh:
шұжық
(şūjyq)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Kazakh:
шұжықша
(şūjyqşa)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Khmer:
សាច់ក្រក
(sac krɑɑk)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Korean:
소시지
(sosiji)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Korean:
칼파스
(kalpaseu)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Northern Kurdish:
sosîs
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Kyrgyz:
колбаса
(kolbasa)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Kyrgyz:
чучук
(cucuk)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Lao:
ໄສ້ອົ່ວ
(sai ʼūa)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Lao:
ອົ່ວ
(ʼūa)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Latin:
botulus
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Latin:
tomāclum
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Latin:
farcīmen
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Latin:
hillae
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Latin:
tuccētum
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Latin:
salsicia
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Latvian:
desa
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Lithuanian:
dešra
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Livonian:
mȭka
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Lü:
ᦺᦉᧉ
(ṡay2)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Luxembourgish:
Zoossiss
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Macedonian:
ко́лбас
(kólbas)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Malay:
sosej
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Maltese:
salami
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Maltese:
supresatt
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Māori:
tōtiti
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Marathi:
सॉसेज
(sŏsej)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Marshallese:
jo̧jej
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Megleno-Romanian:
cărnat
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Middle English:
podynge
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Middle English:
sawcistre
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Mongolian:
зайдас
(zajdas)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Mongolian:
ᠵᠠᠶᠢᠳᠠᠰᠤ
(ǰayidasu)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Navajo:
bisóodi bitsįʼ yikʼánígíí
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Norman:
sâociche
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Norman:
sauchisse
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Norman:
saûciche
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Norwegian Bokmål:
pølse
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Church Slavic:
клъбаса
(klŭbasa)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Old East Slavic:
колбаса
(kolbasa)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Old English:
mearh
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Papiamentu:
sosèshi
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Pashto:
پچ کولمه
(pǝč kwǝlma)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Pashto:
ساسیج
(sāsij)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Dari:
سَاسِچ
(sāsič)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Iranian Persian:
سوسیس
(sosis)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Iranian Persian:
کالْباس
(kâlbâs)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Iranian Persian:
زیجَک
(zijak)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Iranian Persian:
حسیبک
(hasībak)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Iranian Persian:
نکانک
(nakânak)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Piedmontese:
saussissa
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Plautdietsch:
Worscht
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Polish:
kiełbasa
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Portuguese:
salsicha
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Portuguese:
linguiça
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Quechua:
aycha t'iqi
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Réunion Creole French:
sosis
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Romanian:
cârnat
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Russian:
колбаса́
(kolbasá)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Russian:
соси́ска
(sosíska)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Northern Sami:
márfi
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Skolt-Sami:
määʹrf
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Scottish Gaelic:
isbean
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Serbo-Croatian:
коба̀сица
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Serbo-Croatian:
kobàsica
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Serbo-Croatian:
sudžuk
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Serbo-Croatian:
суџук
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Sinhalese:
සොසේජ්
(sosēj)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Slovak:
klobása
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Slovene:
klobasa
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Sotho:
boroso
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Spanish:
embutido
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Spanish:
salchicha
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Spanish:
salchichón
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Swahili:
soseji
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Swedish:
korv
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Tagalog:
suriso
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Tagalog:
batutay
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Tajik:
ҳасиб
(hasib)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Tajik:
колбаса
(kolbasa)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Tamil:
தொத்திறைச்சி
(tottiṟaicci)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Tatar:
казылык
(qazılıq)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Telugu:
సాసేజ్
(sāsēj)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Thai:
ไส้กรอก
(sâi-grɔ̀ɔk)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Tibetan:
རྒྱུ་མ་བརྒྱངས་པ
(rgyu ma brgyangs pa)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Tok Pisin:
sosis
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Turkish:
sosis
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Turkish:
sucuk
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Turkish:
salam
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Turkish:
kolbasa
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Ottoman Turkish:
صوجوق
(sucuk)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Turkmen:
kolbasa
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Ukrainian:
ковбаса́
(kovbasá)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Urdu:
ساسیج
(sāsej)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Uyghur:
كولباسا
(kolbasa)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Uzbek:
kolbasa
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Vietnamese:
xúc xích
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Vilamovian:
wiyśt
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Welsh:
selsigen
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Yakut:
халбаһы
(qalbahï)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Yiddish:
וווּרשט
(vursht)
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Yoruba:
sọ́séèjì
— a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
Afrikaans:
wors
— individual item
Armenian:
նրբերշիկ
(nrberšik)
— individual item
Armenian:
սասիսկի
(sasiski)
— individual item
Belarusian:
сасі́ска
(sasíska)
— individual item
Catalan:
salsitxa
— individual item
Chinese Cantonese:
香腸 /香肠
— individual item
Chinese Cantonese:
腸仔 /肠仔
— individual item
Chinese Mandarin:
腸兒 /肠儿
(chángr)
— individual item