ketchup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛt͡ʃ.əp/
ipa: /ˈkɛt͡ʃ.ʌp/
ipa: /ˈkɛt͡ʃ.ʊp/
homophone: catch-up stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: ketchups
form: catsup
form: catchup
form: katjap
form: katsup
form: kechap
form: ketsup
Etymology: Uncertain, but probably ultimately from Hokkien 膎汁 (kê-chiap, “fish sauce”) via Malay kicap, though the precise path is unclear – there are related words in various Chinese languages. Cognate to Malay kicap and Indonesian kecap, ketjap (“soy sauce”). Various other theories exist – see Ketchup: Etymology for extended discussion.
First appeared in English in the late 17th century in reference to a Southeast Asian sauce encountered by British traders and sailors. The Oxford English Dictionary notes that it was commonly used in the 18th century to refer to a variety of similar sauces with varying ingredients—"anchovies, mushrooms, walnuts, and oysters being particularly popular"—but by the late 19th century the current tomato ketchup became the most popular form.
Catsup (earlier catchup) is an alternative Anglicization, still in use in the U.S.
Senses: examples: text: tomato ketchup
text: This diner serves ketchup in red bottles, and mustard in yellow ones.
synonyms: tomato catsup
hypernyms: tomato sauce
red ketchup
red catsup
glosses: Ellipsis of tomato ketchup (“a tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners”).
examples: text: The bottles, however, were port bottles, but contained mushroom ketchup; […]
ref: 1883, Cassell's Dictionary of Cookery, page lxxxiii:
text: To accompany meat, we prepare fruit ketchups and rhubarb chutney.
ref: 2003, Inns and Bed and Breakfasts in Quebec 2003, Ulysses Travel Guides, page 46:
glosses: Such a sauce more generally (not necessarily based on tomatoes, but with mushrooms, fish, etc.). This is the older meaning.
Hypernyms: condiment
sauce
table condiment
table sauce
Coordinate terms: sense: common Chinese condiment sauces
word: cherry sauce
sense: common Chinese condiment sauces
word: chili sauce
sense: common Chinese condiment sauces
word: fish sauce
sense: common Chinese condiment sauces
word: hoisin sauce
sense: common Chinese condiment sauces
word: oyster flavor sauce
sense: common Chinese condiment sauces
word: plum sauce
sense: common Chinese condiment sauces
word: soy sauce
sense: common Chinese condiment sauces
word: sweet and sour sauce
sense: common Chinese condiment sauces
word: sweet chili sauce
sense: common Chinese condiment sauces
word: tree sauce
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: black pepper
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: chili sauce
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: chowchow
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: cucumber relish
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: green relish
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: ground black pepper
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: ground pepper
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: malt vinegar
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: mayonnaise
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: mustard
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: mustard sauce
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: pepper
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: prepared mustard
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: prepared mustard sauce
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: prepared yellow mustard
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: prepared yellow mustard sauce
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: relish
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: salt
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: siracha
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: sweet green relish
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: sweet relish
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: table salt
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: vinegar
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: white vinegar
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: yellow mustard
sense: condiments commonly paired with tomato ketchup
word: yellow mustard sauce
Derived terms: banana ketchup
curry ketchup
ketchupless
ketchuplike
ketchuppy
marry the ketchup
marry the ketchups