dipping sauce

noun

A condiment into which food may be dipped to add flavor or texture.

Meanings

noundipping sauce (countable and uncountable, plural dipping sauces)

plural dipping sauces

  1. countableuncountablecookingA condiment into which food may be dipped to add flavor or texture.

Translations

Ancient Greek ἔμβαμμα, ὑπότριμμα
  • ἔμβαμμα (émbamma)type of condiment
  • ὑπότριμμα (hupótrimma)type of condiment
Chinese Mandarin 蘸醬 /蘸酱
  • 蘸醬 /蘸酱 (zhànjiàng)type of condiment
Czech omáčka, krém
  • omáčkatype of condiment
  • krémtype of condiment
Dutch dipsaus
  • dipsaustype of condiment
Finnish dippikastike, dippi
  • dippikastiketype of condiment
  • dippitype of condiment
French trempette
  • trempettetype of condiment
German Soße, Tunke
  • Soßetype of condiment
  • Tunketype of condiment
  • Diptype of condiment
Hebrew מטבל
  • מטבל (mitbal)type of condiment
Hungarian mártás
  • mártástype of condiment
Latin intinctus
  • intinctustype of condiment
Māori kīnaki toutou
  • kīnaki toutoutype of condiment
Polish dip
  • diptype of condiment
Russian со́ус, дип
  • со́ус (sóus)type of condiment
  • дип (dip)type of condiment
Spanish dip, fondo
  • diptype of condiment
  • fondotype of condiment
  • pringuetype of condiment
  • pringotetype of condiment
Swedish dipp, dippsås
  • dipptype of condiment
  • dippsåstype of condiment
  • dippatype of condiment
Turkish cips sosu, dip sos
  • cips sosutype of condiment
  • dip sostype of condiment
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APA

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MLA

“dipping sauce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dipping%20sauce. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dipping sauce,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dipping%20sauce.

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