different between salsa vs meringue

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish salsa (“sauce”), from Latin salsus (“salted”), whence also the doublet sauce (via Old French).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: säl?s?, IPA^(key): /?s?l.s?/

Noun

salsa (countable and uncountable, plural salsas)

1. (countable) A spicy tomato sauce, often including onions and hot peppers.
2. (uncountable, music) A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock.
3. (countable, dance) Any of several dances performed to salsa music.

Derived terms

• salsa-like
• salsa sauce

Related terms

• salt

Translations

References

• 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 336.

Verb

salsa (third-person singular simple present salsas, present participle salsaing, simple past and past participle salsaed)

1. (intransitive) To dance the salsa.

Anagrams

• Salas, salas

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sali?, from sal.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?sal.s?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?sal.sa/

Noun

salsa f (plural salses)

1. sauce
2. salsa (music)
3. salsa (dance)

Derived terms

• salsa de soia

Further reading

• “salsa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “salsa” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “salsa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “salsa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English salsa. Doublet of sarsa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sal?sa

Noun

salsa

1. salsa; a spicy tomato sauce
2. salsa music
3. any of several dances performed to salsa music

Czech

Noun

salsa f

1. salsa (dance)

Further reading

• salsa in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?l.sa?/
• Hyphenation: sal?sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English salsa, from Spanish salsa, from Latin salsus.

Noun

salsa m (plural salsa's)

1. salsa (dance)

Derived terms

• salsadans
• salsaën

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish salsa, from Latin salsus.

Noun

salsa m (plural salsa's)

1. salsa (spicy tomato sauce)

Related terms

• saus

Finnish

(index sa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?ls?/, [?s??ls??]
• Rhymes: -?ls?
• Syllabification: sal?sa

Noun

salsa

1. salsa (sauce)
2. (music) salsa
3. (dance) salsa

Declension

Synonyms

• (sauce): salsakastike

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sali?, from sal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sal.sa/

Noun

salsa f (plural salse)

1. sauce

Related terms

• salso
• salare
• sale

Anagrams

• lassa

Latin

Adjective

salsa

1. nominative feminine singular of salsus
2. nominative neuter plural of salsus
3. accusative neuter plural of salsus
4. vocative feminine singular of salsus
5. vocative neuter plural of salsus

Adjective

sals?

1. ablative feminine singular of salsus

References

• salsa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Polish

Etymology

From Spanish salsa, from Latin salsus (“salted”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sal.sa/

Noun

salsa f

1. salsa (spicy tomato sauce)
2. salsa (dance)

Declension

Further reading

• salsa in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• salsa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sal?sa

Etymology 1

From Latin salsa herba (“salted herb”).

Noun

salsa f (plural salsas)

1. parsley (Petroselinum crispum, a herb)

   Synonyms: perrexil, salsinha

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish salsa.

Noun

salsa f (uncountable)

1. (music, dance genre) salsa (a music and dance genre influenced by Cuban music, jazz and rock)

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sali?, from sal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?salsa/, [?sal.sa]

Noun

salsa f (plural salsas)

1. sauce, gravy (liquid condiment)
2. salsa (spicy tomato sauce)
3. salsa (style of music)
4. salsa (dance performed to salsa music)

Derived terms

Related terms

• sal
• salar
• salso

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: salsa
• ? Dutch: salsa
• ? English: salsa

Further reading

• “salsa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French meringue. Historically, it was believed that meringue was invented in and named for the Swiss village of Meiringen, but the term is now thought to derive instead from Middle Dutch meringue (“light evening meal”), of unclear origin:

• perhaps from Latin merenda (“light evening meal”), or
• perhaps from Middle Dutch *meren (“to dip or soak bread”), from Old Dutch *meren, itself of unclear origin:
  • perhaps from Proto-Germanic *marjan? (“to grind, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pack”).
  • perhaps from Proto-Germanic *marhin (“soup of bread and wine or water”), from Proto-Indo-European *mark-, *merk- (“wet”).

Compare Middle Low German meringe (from mern (“to dip bread in wine”)), Middle High German merunge (from mëren (“to soak bread in wine or water for dinner”)), Old English merian (“to purify, cleanse, test”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?-r?ng', IPA^(key): /m???æ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

meringue (countable and uncountable, plural meringues)

1. A mixture consisting of beaten egg whites and sugar which is added to the tops of pies then browned.

   The key to a good baked Alaska is the meringue topping.

2. A shell made of this mixture which serves as the receptacle for fruit, ice cream or sherbet.

   Shirley likes to have strawberry with her meringue.

Derived terms

• French meringue
• Italian meringue
• lemon meringue pie
• Swiss meringue

Translations

See also

• stiff peaks

References

French

Etymology

From Dutch meringue, itself from Latin or Proto-Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.????/
• Homophones: meringuent, meringues

Noun

meringue f (plural meringues)

1. meringue

Verb

meringue

1. first-person singular present indicative of meringuer
2. third-person singular present indicative of meringuer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of meringuer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of meringuer
5. second-person singular imperative of meringuer