ketchup
Such a sauce more generallySuch a sauce more generally (not necessarily based on tomatoes, but with mushrooms, fish, etc.). This is the older meaning.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, countable)Such a sauce more generally (not necessarily based on tomatoes, but with mushrooms, fish, etc.). This is the older meaning.
- thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes
Examples
99 sentencesWhere did you put the ketchup?
Де ти поклав кетчуп? — deniko
ruКуда ты положил кетчуп? — odexed
I know that that's not ketchup.
Я знаю, що це не кетчуп. — deniko
ruЯ знаю, что это не кетчуп. — marafon
I know that that isn't ketchup.
Я знаю, що це не кетчуп. — deniko
ruЯ знаю, что это не кетчуп. — marafon
You have ketchup on your face.
У тебе на обличчі кетчуп. — deniko
Please don't put ketchup on my hot dog.
Будь ласка, не клади кетчуп до мого хот-дога. — deniko
Origin
Uncertain, but probably ultimately from Hokkien 膎汁 (kê-chiap, “fish sauce”) via Malay kecaUncertain, but probably ultimately from Hokkien 膎汁 (kê-chiap, “fish sauce”) via Malay kecap ~ kicap “any dark clear sauce from soy, fish etc”, though the precise path is unclear – there are related words in various Chinese languages. Various other theories exist – see Ketchup: Etymology for extended discussion.
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Forms
plural: ketchupsSynonyms
3 synonyms- thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes:catsupcetchuptomato ketchup
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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