oyster sauce

noun

A rich viscid sauce made from oysters and brine, used in Chinese cooking.

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Meanings

nounoyster sauce (countable and uncountable, plural oyster sauces)

plural oyster sauces

  1. countableuncountableA rich viscid sauce made from oysters and brine, used in Chinese cooking.

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 蠔油 /蚝油
  • 蠔油 /蚝油 (hou⁴ jau⁴)sauce from oysters
Chinese Mandarin 蠔油 /蚝油
  • 蠔油 /蚝油 (háoyóu)sauce from oysters
Dutch oestersaus
  • oestersaussauce from oysters
Estonian austrikaste
  • austrikastesauce from oysters
Finnish osterikastike
  • osterikastikesauce from oysters
French sauce d'huître
  • sauce d'huîtresauce from oysters
German Austernsauce
  • Austernsaucesauce from oysters
Hebrew רוטב צדפות
  • רוטב צדפותsauce from oysters
Hungarian osztrigaszósz, osztriga szósz
  • osztrigaszószsauce from oysters
  • osztriga szószsauce from oysters
Indonesian saus tiram
  • saus tiramsauce from oysters
Italian salsa di ostriche
  • salsa di ostrichesauce from oysters
Japanese 牡蠣油, オイスターソース
  • 牡蠣油 (kakiabura)sauce from oysters
  • オイスターソース (oisutā sōsu)sauce from oysters
Korean 굴소스
  • 굴소스 (gulsoseu)sauce from oysters
Latvian austeru mērce
  • austeru mērcesauce from oysters
Lithuanian austrių padažas
  • austrių padažassauce from oysters
Malay sos tiram
  • sos tiramsauce from oysters
Norwegian Bokmål østerssaus
  • østerssaussauce from oysters
Persian سس صدف چروک
  • سس صدف چروک (sos-e sadaf čoruk)sauce from oysters
Polish sos ostrygowy
  • sos ostrygowysauce from oysters
Portuguese molho de ostra, molho de ostras
  • molho de ostrasauce from oysters
  • molho de ostrassauce from oysters
Romanian sos de stridii
  • sos de stridiisauce from oysters
Russian у́стричный со́ус
  • у́стричный со́ус (ústričnyj sóus)sauce from oysters
Scottish Gaelic sabhs eisirean
  • sabhs eisireansauce from oysters
Spanish salsa de ostras
  • salsa de ostrassauce from oysters
Swedish ostronsås
  • ostronsåssauce from oysters
Thai ซอสหอยนางรม, น้ำมันหอย
  • ซอสหอยนางรม (sɔ́ɔt-hɔ̌i-naang-rom)sauce from oysters
  • น้ำมันหอย (nám-man-hɔ̌i)sauce from oysters
Turkish istiridye sosu
  • istiridye sosusauce from oysters
Ukrainian устричний соус
  • устричний соус (ustryčnyj sous)sauce from oysters
Vietnamese dầu hàu
  • dầu hàusauce from oysters
Cite this entry
APA

oyster sauce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oyster%20sauce

MLA

“oyster sauce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oyster%20sauce. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oyster sauce,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oyster%20sauce.

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