Borrowed from Japanese ポン酢 (ponzu), in turn from Dutch pons (“punch”, obsolete, superseded by punch),^[1][2][3] from English punch, ultimately from Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca, “five”).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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒnˌzuː/

ponzu (uncountable)

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

• toyomansi

• “ponzu”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “ponzu”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.

• Punzo

Borrowed from Japanese ポン酢 (ponzu) (likely via English ponzu), in turn from Dutch pons, from English punch.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔnzu/

ponzu m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. ponzu
   • 2016, Michaël Vrijmoed, Willem Asaert, Vrijmoed: De kok, zijn producten en zijn signatuur, Terra - Lannoo, →ISBN:

     Wat me verbaasde, was de manier waarop hij die zuren in een ponzu mooi verweefde om elk ingrediënt afzonderlijk beter te laten uitkomen.

     What surprised me was the way he beautifully wove those acids in a ponzu to make each ingredient stand out better individually.

   • 2022, Luc De Laet, Het Vleesboek, Terra - Lannoo, →ISBN:

     Kruid de tartaar af met ponzu en enkele druppels yuzusap.

     Finish the tartare by seasoning it with ponzu and a few drops of yuzu juice.

   • 2023, Hiroko Oyama, translated by Luk Van Haute, De Fabriek, Atlas Contact, →ISBN:

     Ik neem me voor mijn ongenoegen voor mezelf te houden, maar dan dipt ze een varkensrolletje met pruim en zeewier – ditmaal gelukkig geen gamba – in de ponzu, neemt een hap en doet er voordat ze de volgende hap neemt tot mijn ontzetting zorgeloos lachend nog extra dressing op.

     I decide to keep my displeasure to myself, but then she dips a pork roll with plum and seaweed – thankfully no prawn this time – in the ponzu, takes a bite and, to my dismay, adds some extra dressing with a carefree laugh before taking the next bite.

Borrowed from Japanese ポン酢(ず) (ponzu).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈponzu/ [ˈpon.zu]
• Rhymes: -onzu
• Syllabification: pon‧zu

ponzu (uncountable)

1. (cooking) ponzu

• “ponzu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

ponzu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ポンず

From Japanese ポン酢 (ponzu). Doublet of cinco and ponche.

• IPA^(key): /ˈponθu/ [ˈpõn̟.θu] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈponsu/ [ˈpõn.su] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -onθu (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -onsu (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pon‧zu

ponzu m (plural ponzus or ponzu)

1. ponzu

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