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ketch·up
(kĕch′əp, kăch′-) also catch·up (kăch′əp, kĕch′-) or cat·sup (kăt′səp, kăch′əp, kĕch′-)n.
A condiment consisting of a thick, smooth-textured, spicy sauce usually made from tomatoes.
[Malay kicap, sauce made from fermented fish, from Chinese (Hokkien) kê-chiap : kê, pickled fish (from Middle Chinese xjɦja⋮j also the source of Mandarin xié) + chiap, juice, sauce, brine (from Middle Chinese xjɦja⋮j; also the source of Mandarin zhī).]
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ketchup
(ˈkɛtʃəp) ,catchup
orcatsup
n
(Cookery) any of various piquant sauces containing vinegar: tomato ketchup.
[C18: from Chinese (Amoy) kōetsiap brine of pickled fish, from kōe seafood + tsiap sauce]
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ketch•up
(ˈkɛtʃ əp, ˈkætʃ-)also catchup, catsup,
n.
a condiment consisting usu. of puréed tomatoes, onions, vinegar, sugar, and spices.
[1705–15; < Malay kəchap fish sauce]
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| Noun | 1. |  ketchup - thick spicy sauce made from tomatoescondiment - a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment; "mustard and ketchup are condiments" |
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Translations
صَلْصَة من البنْدورَهكَاتْشَبٌ
kečup
ketchup
ketchupkétchup
ketsuppi
kečap
ketchup
tómatsósa
ケチャップ
케첩
kečupas
kečups
kečup
kečap
ketchup
ซอสมะเขือเทศ
nước sốt cà chuanước xốt cà chua
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
ketchup
n → Ket(s)chup nt or m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ketchup
(ˈketʃəp) noun a flavouring sauce made from tomatoes or mushrooms etc.
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ketchup
→ كَاتْشَبٌ kečup ketchup Ketchup κέτσαπ ketchup ketsuppi ketchup kečap ketchup ケチャップ 케첩 ketchup ketchup ketchup ketchup кетчуп ketchup ซอสมะเขือเทศ ketçap nước sốt cà chua 蕃茄酱Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009