sausage

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing; a length of this food.
2. A sausage-shaped thing.
3. (slang) The penis.
4. (informal) A term of endearment.
5. A saucisse.
6. A dachshund; sausage dog.
7. (slang) Short for sausage roll (“the dole; unemployment”).

Verb

1. To squeeze tightly into something.
2. To make into sausage.
3. To make sausage-like, especially to give the appearance of barely fitting into the casing or skin.
4. To form a sausage-like shape, with a non-uniform cross section.

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), from Late Latin salsīcia (compare Sicilian sausizza, Spanish salchicha, Italian salsiccia), feminine of salsīcius (“seasoned with salt”), derivative of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sal (“salt”). More at salt. Doublet of saucisse. See also Sicilian sausizza. Displaced native Old English mearh.