Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Wurst

    колбаса́kolbasá, соси́скаsosíska

    ковбаса́kovbasá

  2. (countable, uncountable)An individual item of this food.

    Würstchen, Wurst

    соси́скаsosíska, сарде́лькаsardɛ́lʹka

    соси́скаsosýska

  3. (countable, uncountable)A sausage-shaped thing.

    колбаса́kolbasá, соси́скаsosíska

  4. (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)A penis.

  5. (countable, informal, uncountable)A term of endearment.

    my little sausage

  6. (countable, uncountable)A dachshund; sausage dog.

  7. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A saucisse.

More definitions
  • highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
  • a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon

Examples

146 sentences
  1. Do you know how sausage is made?

    Ти знаєш, як роблять ковбасу? — deniko

  2. I don't want to eat any more sausages.

    Я не хочу більше їсти сосиски. — Ahha

  3. I'm tired of eating sausages.

    Я втомився їсти сосиски. — deniko

  4. Tom likes sausage.

    Тому подобається ковбаса. — deniko

    deTom mag Wurst. — Felixjp

  5. Would you like bacon or sausage?

    ruХотите бекон или колбасу? — Tretiz

    deWollen Sie Speck oder Wurst? — MUIRIEL

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing:
individual item:
Русский
By meaning 2
a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing:
individual item:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing:
individual item:

Origin

From late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), f

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.

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