ponzu

Meaning

A sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙 (daidai), an Asian variety of bitter orange, mixed with soy sauce.

Synonyms

citrus

lemon

🍋

lime

negus

Translations

ليمون

🍋

llimó

llimona

🍋

llimonera

🍋

Zitrone

🍋

Limettenbaum

λεμόνι

citron

🍋

limettier

ponzu

limone

🍋

citreum

citroen

🍋

citroensmaak

limoen

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ポン酢 (ponzu), in turn from Dutch pons (“punch”, obsolete, superseded by punch), from English punch, ultimately from Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan, “five”). Doublet of cinque, fin (“five currency units”), finnuf, five, pimp (“five”), punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”); related to Pompeii.