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fish sauce

fish sauce noun: a condiment made from fermented fish.

fish sauce: a condiment made from fermented fish
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Noun

fish sauce (countable and uncountable, plural fish sauces)

  1. A condiment made from fermented fish.

fish sauce meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic

fish sauce in Hindi

condiment composed of fermented fish
मीन सॉस mīn sŏs

fish sauce in Tamil

condiment composed of fermented fish
மீன் சுவைச்சாறு mīṉ cuvaiccāṟu

fish sauce in Tagalog

condiment composed of fermented fish
patis

fish sauce in Arabic

condiment composed of fermented fish
صلصة السمك ṣalṣa al-samak, صوص السمك ṣōṣ al-samak
More languagesFewer languages
fish sauce in Malay
kicap ikan, kicap sotong, petis
fish sauce in Indonesian
kecap ikan
fish sauce in Persian
سس ماهی sos-e mâhi
fish sauce in Thai
น้ำปลา nám-bplaa
fish sauce in Vietnamese
nước mắm, mắm
fish sauce in Myanmar
ငံပြာရည် ngamprarany

Forms of fish sauce

pluralfish sauces
alternative form (dated)fish-sauce
alternative form (rare)fishsauce

Questions about fish sauce

What does fish sauce mean?
Fish sauce means a condiment made from fermented fish.
What is fish sauce in Hindi?
Fish sauce in Hindi is मीन सॉस (mīn sŏs). See Fish sauce meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fish sauce?
Fish sauce is a noun.
What is the plural of fish sauce?
The plural of fish sauce is fish sauces.

Words near fish sauce in the dictionary

  1. fish pond
  2. fish ponds
  3. fish pot
  4. fish pound
  5. fish pounds
  6. fish sauce
  7. fish sauces
  8. fish scale
  9. fish scales
  10. fish science
  11. fish sciences

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