soja

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

soja

with the spelling soya and the meaning "soy sauce", borrowed, probably via Dutch, from Japanese 醤油 shōyu ("soy sauce"), coming from Chinese 醬油 (jiàngyóu) formed from 醬 ("bean paste") and 油 ("oil").

Definitions

agriculturebotanique
cuisine
cuisine

Plural

sojas

Hyperonym

Fabacées

Translations

  • germangerman:Soja
  • englishenglish:soya
  • chinesechinese:大豆
  • koreankorean:대두
  • spanishspanish:soja
  • finnishfinnish:soija
  • japanesejapanese:大豆
  • polishpolish:soja
  • portugueseportuguese:soja