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.

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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.

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