sausage

US /ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/ UK /ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/ See IPA manual

Freq #5129

Meanings

1

noun
A tube of minced meat and seasoning in a thin skin, cooked and eaten as food.

We had sausages and mashed potatoes for dinner.
2

noun
An affectionate name for someone (informal).

Come here and give me a hug, you little sausage.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms sausages

Derived forms sausage-likesausage-makingsausagedsausagefestsausagelesssausagelikesausagemakersausagemakingsausagersausageysausagysauso

Related forms sauce

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Phrases (1)

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sausage roll
sausage meat wrapped in pastry and baked

Noun + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made

Simplified etymology

Sausage, recorded from late Middle English, ultimately derives from Latin sal, “salt,” and is historically related to sauce.

Etymology

From late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), from Late Latin salsīcia (compare Sicilian sausizza, Spanish salchicha, Italian salsiccia), feminine of salsīcius (“seasoned with salt”), derivative of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sal (“salt”). More at salt. Doublet of saucisse. See also Sicilian sausizza. Displaced native Old English mearh.

sawsiche Middle English sausiche xno salsīcia la-lat salsus Latin

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# sausage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 5129

## Meanings
1. A tube of minced meat and seasoning in a thin skin, cooked and eaten as food.
2. An affectionate name for someone (informal).

## Examples
- We had sausages and mashed potatoes for dinner.
- Come here and give me a hug, you little sausage.

## Derived Forms
- sausage-like
- sausage-making
- sausaged
- sausagefest
- sausageless
- sausagelike
- sausagemaker
- sausagemaking
- sausager
- sausagey
- sausagy
- sauso

## Related Forms
- sauce

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sawsiche
- Root: sausiche
- Root: salsīcia
- Root: salsus

## Etymology
From late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), from Late Latin salsīcia (compare Sicilian sausizza, Spanish salchicha, Italian salsiccia), feminine of salsīcius (“seasoned with salt”), derivative of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sal (“salt”). More at salt. Doublet of saucisse. See also Sicilian sausizza. Displaced native Old English mearh.

## AI Etymology
Sausage comes from late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), from Late Latin salsīcia (compare Sicilian sausizza, Spanish salchicha, Italian salsiccia), feminine of salsīcius (“seasoned with salt”), derivative of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sal (“salt”). More at salt. Doublet of saucisse. See also Sicilian sausizza. Displaced native Old English mearh. Modern senses include a tube of minced meat and seasoning in a thin skin, cooked and eaten as food. and an affectionate name for someone (informal).. The wider word family includes derivatives such as sausage-like, sausage-making, sausaged, sausagefest, sausageless, and sausagelike and related forms such as sauce.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Register & Style

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