Kilo Lingo

/sɔːs/

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Translation

A thick liquid that you put on food to give it more taste.

Word origin

From Old French sauce, from Latin salsa, meaning salted things, from sal, salt.

Origin
Latin
Root
salsa
English cognates
salad, salt

Grammar

Gender
Pluralsauces

Examples

chips?

Sauce is the thick liquid you add to food.

pasta.

Here "sauce" is a cooked liquid poured over food.

more .

"Sauce" is usually uncountable, so it takes "more", not a number.

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This word is part of lesson 47.