vinaigrette
A sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juiceA sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juice; oil; and other ingredients, used as a salad dressing, or as a marinade for cold meats.
» Benedito tossed the salad with a light vinaigrette.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juice; oil; and other ingredients, used as a salad dressing, or as a marinade for cold meats.
Vinaigrette
со́ус винегре́тsóus vinegrét
со́ус вінегре́тsóus vinehrét, вінегре́тна запра́вкаvinehrétna zaprávka
(countable, historical, uncountable)A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a litter, to be drawn or pushed by a person. They were used in France until the late 18th century.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts
Riechfläschchen
- oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic
Examples
3 sentencesBenedito tossed the salad with a light vinaigrette.
Endives, walnuts and roquefort are the ingredients of a good salad that can be enjoyed with a walnut or sunflower oil vinaigrette.
deEndivien, Walnüsse und Roquefort sind die Zutaten für einen guten Salat, den man mit Walnuss- oder Sonnenblumenölmarinade genießen kann.
"What is this?" "It's vinaigrette."
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French vinaigrette. Sense 4 (“type of Russian salad”) is a semantic loan froBorrowed from French vinaigrette. Sense 4 (“type of Russian salad”) is a semantic loan from Russian винегре́т (vinegrét), whence also the doublet vinegret.
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Forms
plural: vinaigrettesSynonyms
8 synonyms- oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic:French dressingsauce vinaigrette
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable