Phrase guide

soy sauce

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A condiment sauce and ingredient, common in Asian cuisine, made from fermented soybeans, salt, and sometimes wheat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: soy, toyo

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

thin sauce made of fermented soy beans

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: soy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: condiment

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَلْصَةْ اَلصُّويَا (ṣalṣat aṣ-ṣūyā) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Baba Malay: tauyu — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Central Bikol: tawyo — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Bulgarian: соев сос (soev sos) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Burmese: ပဲငံပြာရည် (pai:ngamprarany) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Burmese: ကြာညို့ (kra-nyui.) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Catalan: salsa de soia — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Catalan: soia — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Chinese Cantonese: 豉油 (si6 jau4) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Chinese Cantonese: 抽油 — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Chinese Cantonese: 白油 — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Chinese Cantonese: 醬油 /酱油 (zoeng3 jau4) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Hakka Chinese: 豆油 (theu-yù) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Chinese: 豆油 (zh-min-nan) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Chinese: 醬清 /酱清 (chiùn-chheng) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Chinese: 醬油 /酱油 (chiùn-iû) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Chinese Mandarin: 醬油 /酱油 (jiàngyóu) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Teochew: 豉油 (si7 iu5) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Czech: sójová omáčka — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Danish: soja — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Danish: sojasovs — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Danish: sojasauce — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Dutch: sojasaus — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Dutch: ketjap — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Finnish: soija — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Finnish: soijakastike — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • French: sauce de soja — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • French: sauce soja — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • German: Sojasoße — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Greek: σάλτσα σόγιας (sáltsa sógias) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Halkomelem: chólmelelh tl’álhem — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Hawaiian: koiū — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Hebrew: רוטב סויה (rotev soya) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Hungarian: szójaszósz — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Indonesian: kecap — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Irish: anlann soighe — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Italian: salsa di soia — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Japanese: 醤油 (shōyu) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Japanese: 醬油 (shōyu) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Japanese: しょうゆ (shōyu) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Jeju: 물장 (muljang) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Jeju: ᄀᆞᆫ장 (gawnjang) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Jeju: 장물 (jangmul) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Jeju: 국물장 (gungmuljang) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Jeju: 장 (jang) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Kazakh: соя тұздығы (soä tūzdyğy) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Kazakh: жаңйұ (jañiū) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Khmer: ទឹកស៊ីអ៊ីវ (tɨk s’iiv) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Khmer: តៅអ៊ីវ (tav ’iiv) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Khmer: សាអ៊ីវ (saa ’iiv) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Khmer: ស៊ីអ៊ីវ (sii ’iiv) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Korean: 간장 (ganjang) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Lao: ເຕົ້າຈ້ຽວ (tao chiāu) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Lisu: ꓚꓬꓸ ꓬꓱꓼ (tʃɑ́ jø̱̀) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Lithuanian: sojų padažas — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Macanese: sutate — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Macanese: siao — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Macedonian: соја-сос (soja-sos) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Macedonian: соин сос (soin sos) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Malay: kicap — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Malay: tauyu (Malacca) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Malay: toyu — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Maltese: zalza tas-soja — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Marathi: सोया सॉस (soyā sŏs) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Marshallese: joiu — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Mon: ဍာ်ဗစး — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Polish: sos sojowy — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Portuguese: molho de soja — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Portuguese: shoyu — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Réunion Creole French: siyav — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Russian: со́евый со́ус (sójevyj sóus) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Shan: ၵျႃႇၺူဝ်ႉ (kjàa nyô̰) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Shan: ၵျႃႇၶျိၼ်း (kjàa khjín) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Slovak: sójová omáčka — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Slovene: sojina omaka — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Spanish: salsa de soja — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Spanish: salsa de soya — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Spanish: siyao — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Spanish: siyau — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Spanish: sillao — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Spanish: sillau — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Swedish: soja — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Swedish: sojasås — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Tagalog: toyo — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Tajik: чошнии соя (čošni-yi soya) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Thai: ซอสถั่วเหลือง (sót tùa lĕuang) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Thai: ซีอิ๊ว (sii-íu) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Tibetan: ཇང་ཡུའི (jang yu'i) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Turkish: soya sosu — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Ukrainian: со́євий со́ус (sójevyj sóus) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Uyghur: جاڭيۇ (jangyu) — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Vietnamese: nước tương — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Vietnamese: xì dầu — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Vietnamese: tàu vị yểu — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Welsh: saws soi — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • Zhuang: ciengqyouz — a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans