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ponzu

/ˈpɒnˌzuː/

ponzu noun: a sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙 (daidai), an Asian variety of bitter orange, mixed with soy sauce.

Noun

ponzu (uncountable)

  1. A sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙 (daidai), an Asian variety of bitter orange, mixed with soy sauce.

Origin of ponzu

Borrowed from Japanese ポン酢 (ponzu), in turn from Dutch pons (“punch”, obsolete, superseded by punch), from English punch, ultimately from Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca, “five”). Doublet of cinque, fin (“five currency units”), finnuf, five, pimp (“five”), punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”); related to Pompeii.

Questions about ponzu

What does ponzu mean?
Ponzu means a sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙 (daidai), an Asian variety of bitter orange, mixed with soy sauce.
What part of speech is ponzu?
Ponzu is a noun.
How do you pronounce ponzu?
Ponzu is pronounced /ˈpɒnˌzuː/.

Words near ponzu in the dictionary

  1. Ponzis
  2. Ponzo
  3. Ponzo illusion
  4. Ponzo illusions
  5. Ponzos
  6. ponzu
  7. Ponzying
  8. poo
  9. poo bah
  10. poo bahs
  11. poo pirate

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