sauz

Old French

Alternative forms

• salz, salze
• sauce, saulce

Etymology

From Latin salicem.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /ˈsalts(ə)/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsau̯ts(ə)/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ˈsau̯s(ə)/

Noun

sauz oblique singular, m or f (oblique plural sauz, nominative singular sauz, nominative plural sauz)

1. willow (tree)

Descendants

• Bourguignon: sauge
• Champenois: sausse
• Franc-Comtois: sâce
• Norman: saux
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: sàuse
• Walloon: så

Spanish

Noun

sauz m (plural sauces)

1. (archaic or rare) Alternative spelling of sauce

Further reading

• “sauz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10