ketchup

Etymology
, but probably ultimately from via, though the precise path is unclear – there are related words in various Chinese languages, and it may have entered English directly from Hokkien Chinese. Cognate to 🇨🇬,. 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.

(earlier ) is an alternative Anglicization, still in use in the U.S.

Noun

 * 1)   A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners.
 * 2)  Such a sauce more generally (not necessarily based on tomatoes, but with mushrooms, fish, etc.). This is the older meaning.
 * 1)  Such a sauce more generally (not necessarily based on tomatoes, but with mushrooms, fish, etc.). This is the older meaning.
 * 1)  Such a sauce more generally (not necessarily based on tomatoes, but with mushrooms, fish, etc.). This is the older meaning.
 * 1)  Such a sauce more generally (not necessarily based on tomatoes, but with mushrooms, fish, etc.). This is the older meaning.
 * 1)  Such a sauce more generally (not necessarily based on tomatoes, but with mushrooms, fish, etc.). This is the older meaning.

Usage notes
The spelling ketchup became significantly preferred in the United States due to the popularity of the brand, which shortly after its introduction in 1876 switched from  to this spelling to distinguish itself from competitors. Other major brands, such as Hunt, subsequently followed, with Del Monte only switching to ketchup in 1988.

This condiment is more commonly and somewhat ambiguously called outside of North America and the United Kingdom. In South Africa, the word ketchup is not generally understood.

Translations

 * Albanian: keçap
 * Arabic: عَصِير الْبَنْدُورَة,
 * Egyptian Arabic: كاتشب
 * Hijazi Arabic: كتشب
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: ketçup, ketçap
 * Belarusian: ке́тчуп
 * Bengali: কেচাপ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: quètxup, quetxup
 * Chickasaw: akankishniha' okchi'
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 茄汁
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: catchup,
 * Georgian: კეჩუპი, კეტჩუპი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: केचप
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: saus tomat
 * Irish: citseap
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer: ទឹកប៉េងប៉ោះ
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latvian: kečups
 * Lithuanian: kečupas
 * Macedonian: ке́чап, до́матен сос
 * Malay: ,
 * Maltese: sos aħmar, ketċap
 * Marathi: केचप
 * Marshallese: kōjjeb
 * Navajo: chʼil łichxíʼí akʼédzidí, chʼil łichxíʼí bitooʼ akʼédzidígíí, achʼííʼ yázhí bikʼétłohí łichxíʼígíí
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: ketchup, ketsjup
 * Persian: کچاپ
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, тома́тный со́ус
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кѐчап
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: kečup
 * Slovene: kečap
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: ketšup
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: ketsap
 * Tajik:
 * Thai: เค็ตชัป
 * Tok Pisin: retsos
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: کیچپ
 * Uyghur: شوخلا قىيامى
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: nước xốt cà chua
 * Welsh: sos coch, cetsyp
 * Yiddish: קעטשאָפּ

Verb

 * 1)  To cover with ketchup.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   tomato-vinegar based sauce

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) Alternative form of

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Usage notes
Popular and uncontroversial pasta condiment in Sweden.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  ketchup