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bordelaise sauce

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
bor-de-laise sauce
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A French sauce made with dry red wine, bone marrow, butter, shallots, and demiglace, and traditionally served with beef.

Uncountable

Etymology

Partial calque of French sauce bordelaise (literally “sauce of Bordeaux”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

Bordelaise sauces (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

marchand de vin

Synonyms

bordelaise

Questions

What does bordelaise sauce mean?
A French sauce made with dry red wine, bone marrow, butter, shallots, and demiglace, and traditionally served with beef.
Where does bordelaise sauce come from?
Partial calque of French sauce bordelaise (literally “sauce of Bordeaux”).

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