hot sauce

/ˈhɒtˌsɔs/

noun

Any liquid spicy condiment or cooking ingredient made from chili peppers.

Similar
chili saucepepper sauce
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Meanings

nounhot sauce (usually uncountable, plural hot sauces)

plural hot sauces · alternative hotsauce

  1. uncountableusuallyAny liquid spicy condiment or cooking ingredient made from chili peppers.

    Synonyms: chili sauce, pepper sauce

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny liquid spicy condiment or cooking ingredient made from chili peppers.

Similar
chili saucepepper sauce
Also see
pepper sauce

Translations

Arabic شطة
  • شطة (šaṭṭa)condiment made from chile peppers
Chinese Cantonese 辣椒醬 /辣椒酱
  • 辣椒醬 /辣椒酱 (laat⁶ ziu¹ zoeng³)condiment made from chile peppers
Chinese Mandarin 辣醬 /辣酱, 辣椒醬 /辣椒酱
  • 辣醬 /辣酱 (làjiàng)condiment made from chile peppers
  • 辣椒醬 /辣椒酱 (làjiāojiàng)condiment made from chile peppers
Finnish chilikastike
  • chilikastikecondiment made from chile peppers
French sauce piquante, sauce Chili
  • sauce piquantecondiment made from chile peppers
  • sauce Chilicondiment made from chile peppers
German Chilisauce
  • Chilisaucecondiment made from chile peppers
Japanese チリソース, ホットソース
  • チリソース (chirisōsu)condiment made from chile peppers
  • ホットソース (hottosōsu)condiment made from chile peppers
Korean 칠리소스, 핫소스
  • 칠리소스 (chillisoseu)condiment made from chile peppers
  • 핫소스 (hatsoseu)condiment made from chile peppers
  • 매운 소스 (mae'un soseu)condiment made from chile peppers
Polish sos chili
  • sos chilicondiment made from chile peppers
Russian о́стрый со́ус, чи́ли-со́ус
  • о́стрый со́ус (óstryj sóus)condiment made from chile peppers
  • чи́ли-со́ус (číli-sóus)condiment made from chile peppers
  • со́ус чи́ли (sóus číli)condiment made from chile peppers
Spanish picante, salsa picante/alampante/picosa
  • picantecondiment made from chile peppers
  • salsa picante/alampante/picosacondiment made from chile peppers
  • llajuacondiment made from chile peppers
  • ajícondiment made from chile peppers
  • ajiacocondiment made from chile peppers
Swedish chilisås, stark sås
  • chilisåscondiment made from chile peppers
  • stark såscondiment made from chile peppers
Vietnamese tương ớt
  • tương ớtcondiment made from chile peppers
Cite this entry
APA

hot sauce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20sauce

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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