saucisse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French saucisse (“sausage”). Doublet of sausage.

Pronunciation

Noun

saucisse (plural saucisses)

  1. (mining, firearms) A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc.
  2. (fortification) A fascine of more than ordinary length.

Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “saucisse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French saucice, from Late Latin [farta] salsīcia, ultimately from Latin sāl (“salt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /so.sis/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): [soː.sɪs]
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Noun

saucisse f (plural saucisses)

  1. sausage (hot dog style)
    chair à saucisse ― sausage meat
    saucisse chinoise ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    saucisse italienne ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    saucisse polonaise ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

saucisse m (definite singular saucissen, indefinite plural saucisser, definite plural saucissene)

  1. form removed by a 2021 spelling decision; superseded by sosiss

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

saucisse m (definite singular saucissen, indefinite plural saucissar, definite plural saucissane)

  1. (pre-2021) alternative form of sosiss
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