nuoc mam
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese nước mắm (“salted fish sauce”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nʌk mɑm/, /nək mɑm/
Noun
nuoc mam (countable and uncountable, plural nuoc mams)
- A fish sauce used in Vietnamese cookery.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:nuoc mam.
Related terms
- nuoc nhut (nước nhút)
- nam pla
Translations
fish sauce — see fish sauce