fish sauce

noun

A condiment made from fermented fish.

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Meanings

nounfish sauce (countable and uncountable, plural fish sauces)

plural fish sauces · alternative dated fish-sauce · alternative rare fishsauce

  1. countableuncountableA condiment made from fermented fish.

Translations

Ancient Greek γάρος
  • γάρος (gáros)condiment composed of fermented fish
Arabic صلصة السمك, صوص السمك
  • صلصة السمك (ṣalṣa al-samak)condiment composed of fermented fish
  • صوص السمك (ṣōṣ al-samak)condiment composed of fermented fish
Chinese Cantonese 魚露 /鱼露
  • 魚露 /鱼露 (jyu⁴ lou⁶)condiment composed of fermented fish
Chinese Mandarin 魚露 /鱼露
  • 魚露 /鱼露 (yúlù)condiment composed of fermented fish
Czech rybí omáčka
  • rybí omáčkacondiment composed of fermented fish
Danish fiskesovs
  • fiskesovscondiment composed of fermented fish
Dutch vissaus
  • vissauscondiment composed of fermented fish
Finnish kalakastike
  • kalakastikecondiment composed of fermented fish
French sauce de poisson
  • sauce de poissoncondiment composed of fermented fish
German Fischsauce, Fischsoße
  • Fischsaucecondiment composed of fermented fish
  • Fischsoßecondiment composed of fermented fish
Hindi मीन सॉस
  • मीन सॉस (mīn sŏs)condiment composed of fermented fish
Indonesian kecap ikan
  • kecap ikancondiment composed of fermented fish
Italian salsa di pesce
  • salsa di pescecondiment composed of fermented fish
Japanese 魚醤, 魚醤油
  • 魚醤 (gyoshō)condiment composed of fermented fish
  • 魚醤油 (uo shōyu)condiment composed of fermented fish
  • ナンプラー (nanpurā)condiment composed of fermented fish
Korean 어장
  • 어장 (eojang)condiment composed of fermented fish
Latin garum, allēc
  • garumcondiment composed of fermented fish
  • allēccondiment composed of fermented fish
  • liquāmencondiment composed of fermented fish
Malay kicap ikan, kicap sotong
  • kicap ikancondiment composed of fermented fish
  • kicap sotongcondiment composed of fermented fish
  • petiscondiment composed of fermented fish
Norwegian Bokmål fiskesaus
  • fiskesauscondiment composed of fermented fish
Persian سس ماهی
  • سس ماهی (sos-e mâhi)condiment composed of fermented fish
Polish sos rybny
  • sos rybnycondiment composed of fermented fish
Portuguese molho de peixe
  • molho de peixecondiment composed of fermented fish
Romanian sos de pește
  • sos de peștecondiment composed of fermented fish
Russian ры́бный со́ус
  • ры́бный со́ус (rýbnyj sóus)condiment composed of fermented fish
Spanish salsa de pescado
  • salsa de pescadocondiment composed of fermented fish
Swedish fisksås
  • fisksåscondiment composed of fermented fish
Tagalog patis
  • patiscondiment composed of fermented fish
Tamil மீன் சுவைச்சாறு
  • மீன் சுவைச்சாறு (mīṉ cuvaiccāṟu)condiment composed of fermented fish
Thai น้ำปลา
  • น้ำปลา (náam-bplaa)condiment composed of fermented fish
Ukrainian ри́бний со́ус
  • ри́бний со́ус (rýbnyj sóus)condiment composed of fermented fish
Vietnamese nước mắm, mắm
  • nước mắmcondiment composed of fermented fish
  • mắmcondiment composed of fermented fish
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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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