sriracha

sriracha

English

Bottles of Huy Fong Foods' sriracha on tables in a restaurant

Etymology

From Thai ศรีราชา (sǐi-raa-chaa), named after the city of Si Racha in Thailand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈræ.t͡ʃə/
• IPA^(key): /sɪˈrɑ.t͡ʃə/[1][2]~/sɪˈrɑ.t͡ʃɑ/,[3] /səˈrɑ.t͡ʃə/~/səˈrɑ.t͡ʃɑ/[3][4]
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪˌrɑ.t͡ʃɑ/[3]
• Hyphenation: sri‧ra‧cha

Noun

sriracha (usually uncountable, plural srirachas)

1. A Thai-style hot sauce, typically made from sun-ripened chili peppers, vinegar, garlic, sugar and salt.
   • 2007 January 24, “Recipe: Tea-Smoked Chicken Thighs With Pomegranate Glaze”, in The New York Times‎:

     While chicken is smoking, combine zest, hoisin, pomegranate molasses and sriracha in a small bowl.

   • 2022, Ling Ma, “G”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:

     Chilis and peppers help, in whatever form. Hot sauce helps—shrill, vinegary tonics or sweet, syrupy srirachas. Lots of pico de gallo, with triple the jalapeño.

Alternative forms

• siracha

Translations

a Thai-style hot sauce

Chinese: Mandarin: 是拉差香甜辣椒醬／是拉差香甜辣椒酱 (Shìlāchā xiāngtián làjiāojiàng), 是拉差醬／是拉差酱 (Shìlāchā jiàng) Finnish: sriracha-kastike Polish: sriracha (pl) f Russian: со́ус Шрира́ча m (sóus Šriráča) Swedish: srirachasås (sv) c, sriracha (sv) c Thai: ซอสศรีราชา (sɔ́ɔt sǐi-raa-chaa) Vietnamese: tương ớt Sriracha, tương ớt, tương đỏ

References

1. “sriracha” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2. “sriracha”, in Collins English Dictionary.
3. “sriracha”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
4. “sriracha”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• aircrash