ponzu

/ˈpɒnˌzuː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

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

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Borrowed from Japanese ポン酢 (ponzu), in turn from Dutch pons (“punch”, obsolete, superseded by punch), from English punch, ultimately from Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca, “five”).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

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How do you pronounce ponzu?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɒnˌzuː/.

What does ponzu mean?

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

Where does ponzu come from?

It is traced to Dutch.

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