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sausage

noun · verb · 16 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/
  • General-American: /ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈsɑsɪd͡ʒ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, slang, uncountable

Examples

  • I got fired and I'm back on the sausage again.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To squeeze tightly into (something) in a rolled or sausage-like form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To squeeze (something) into something tightly fitting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To fit snugly into.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive, with-on

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To make into sausage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To make sausage-like, especially to give the appearance of barely fitting into the casing or skin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To form a sausage-like shape, with a non-uniform cross section.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blimp, sausage balloon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: airship, dirigible

16

noun

Meaning 16

highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: meat

Narrower terms: blood sausage, blood pudding, black pudding, bologna, Bologna sausage, chipolata, chorizo, frank, frankfurter, hotdog, hot dog, dog, wiener, wienerwurst, weenie, headcheese, knackwurst, knockwurst, liver pudding, liver sausage, liverwurst, pepperoni, pork sausage, salami, souse

History

Etymology

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
  • : 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
  • Czech: párek — individual item
  • Czech: vuřt — individual item
  • Dutch: worst — individual item
  • Dutch: worstje — individual item
  • Finnish: makkara — individual item
  • French: saucisson — individual item
  • West-Frisian: woarst — individual item
  • Galician: salchicha — individual item
  • Georgian: სოსისი (sosisi) — individual item
  • German: Würstchen — individual item
  • German: Wurst — individual item
  • Greek: λουκάνικο (loukániko) — individual item
  • Irish: ispín — individual item
  • Italian: salsiccia — individual item
  • Japanese: ソーセージ (sōsēji) — individual item
  • Japanese: 腸詰め (chōzume) — individual item
  • Latvian: desa — individual item
  • Macedonian: ко́лбас (kólbas) — individual item
  • Maltese: zalzett — individual item
  • Marathi: सॉसेज (sŏsej) — individual item
  • Marshallese: jo̧jej — individual item
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pølse — individual item
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sosiss — individual item
  • Iranian Persian: سوسیس (sosis) — individual item
  • Polish: kiełbaska — individual item
  • Portuguese: salsicha — individual item
  • Portuguese: linguiça — individual item
  • Russian: соси́ска (sosíska) — individual item
  • Russian: сарде́лька (sardɛ́lʹka) — individual item
  • Scottish Gaelic: isbean — individual item
  • Serbo-Croatian: коба̀сица — individual item
  • Serbo-Croatian: kobàsica — individual item
  • Slovak: párok — individual item
  • Sotho: boroso — individual item
  • Spanish: salchicha — individual item
  • Turkish: sosis — individual item
  • Ukrainian: соси́ска (sosýska) — individual item
  • Uzbek: sosiska — individual item
  • Yiddish: וווּרשט (vursht) — individual item
  • Finnish: makkara — sausage-shaped thing
  • Greek: λουκάνικο (loukániko) — sausage-shaped thing
  • Portuguese: salsichão — sausage-shaped thing
  • Russian: колбаса́ (kolbasá) — sausage-shaped thing
  • Russian: соси́ска (sosíska) — sausage-shaped thing
  • Spanish: salchicha — sausage-shaped thing
Real reading context

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