Meanings
plural sosiski
- countableuncountableA small sausage made from a mixture of ground meats, spices, and sometimes other ingredients like breadcrumbs or grains.
It took her only 15 minutes to reach the counter to get her sosiski.
1963, New York Times Saturday Book Review Supplement, volume 68, page 462 more examples
His train of thought having been broken for the moment, he felt the pangs of hunger and stuffed some of the black bread and sosiska he carried in his knapsack into his mouth.
1977, Maria Rasputin, Patte Barham, chapter 4, in Rasputin: The Man Behind the Myth: A Personal Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, published June 1978, →ISBN, page 51Sosiski were Mom’s favorite food. I was hooked on them too, though Mom claims that the sosiski of my childhood couldn’t hold a candle to the juicy Stalinist article.
2013, Anya von Bremzen, Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 14
Origin
- Old Frenchsaucice
- Russian-ка
- Frenchsaucisse“sausage (hot dog style)”
- Russianсоси́ска
- Englishsosiska
From Russian соси́ска (sosíska), from French saucisse (“sausage (hot dog style)”) (whence English saucisse) + Russian -ка (-ka, diminutive suffix), from Old French saucice (whence English sausage).
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sosiska. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sosiska
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