soy sauce

noun

A condiment sauce and ingredient, common in Asian cuisine, made from fermented soybeans, salt, and sometimes wheat.

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soytoyo
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Meanings

nounsoy sauce (countable and uncountable, plural soy sauces)

plural soy sauces · alternative UK soya sauce

  1. countableuncountableA condiment sauce and ingredient, common in Asian cuisine, made from fermented soybeans, salt, and sometimes wheat.

    Synonyms: soy, toyo

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA condiment sauce and ingredient, common in Asian cuisine, made from fermented soybeans, salt, and sometimes wheat.

Similar
soytoyo

More synonyms by meaning

nounthin sauce made of fermented soy beans

Similar
soy
Broader
condiment
Also see
soy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic صَلْصَةْ اَلصُّويَا
  • صَلْصَةْ اَلصُّويَا (ṣalṣat aṣ-ṣūyā)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Bulgarian соев сос
  • соев сос (soev sos)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Catalan salsa de soia, soia
  • salsa de soiaa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • soiaa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Chinese Cantonese 豉油, 抽油
  • 豉油 (si⁶ jau⁴)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • 抽油a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • 白油a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • 醬油 /酱油 (zoeng³ jau⁴)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Chinese Mandarin 醬油 /酱油
  • 醬油 /酱油 (jiàngyóu)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Czech sójová omáčka
  • sójová omáčkaa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Danish soja, sojasovs
  • sojaa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • sojasovsa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • sojasaucea condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Dutch sojasaus, ketjap
  • sojasausa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • ketjapa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Finnish soija, soijakastike
  • soijaa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • soijakastikea condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
French sauce de soja, sauce soja
  • sauce de sojaa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • sauce sojaa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
German Sojasoße
  • Sojasoßea condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Greek σάλτσα σόγιας
  • σάλτσα σόγιας (sáltsa sógias)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Hawaiian koiū
  • koiūa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Hebrew רוטב סויה
  • רוטב סויה (rotev soya)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Hungarian szójaszósz
  • szójaszósza condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Indonesian kecap
  • kecapa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Irish anlann soighe
  • anlann soighea condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Italian salsa di soia
  • salsa di soiaa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Japanese 醤油, 醬油
  • 醤油 (shōyu)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • 醬油 (shōyu)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • しょうゆ (shōyu)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Korean 간장
  • 간장 (ganjang)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Lithuanian sojų padažas
  • sojų padažasa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Malay kicap, tauyu (Malacca)
  • kicapa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • tauyu (Malacca)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • toyua condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Polish sos sojowy
  • sos sojowya condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Portuguese molho de soja, shoyu
  • molho de sojaa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • shoyua condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Russian со́евый со́ус
  • со́евый со́ус (sójevyj sóus)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Slovak sójová omáčka
  • sójová omáčkaa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Spanish salsa de soja, salsa de soya
  • salsa de sojaa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • salsa de soyaa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • siyaoa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • siyaua condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • sillaoa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • sillaua condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Swedish soja, sojasås
  • sojaa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • sojasåsa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Tagalog toyo
  • toyoa condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Thai ซอสถั่วเหลือง, ซีอิ๊ว
  • ซอสถั่วเหลือง (sót tùa lĕuang)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • ซีอิ๊ว (sii-íu)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Turkish soya sosu
  • soya sosua condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Ukrainian со́євий со́ус
  • со́євий со́ус (sójevyj sóus)a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Vietnamese nước tương, xì dầu
  • nước tươnga condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • xì dầua condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
  • tàu vị yểua condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Welsh saws soi
  • saws soia condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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