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vinaigrette

/vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
vinai-grette
IPA
/vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

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; Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of vinegret (“type of Russian salad”).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French vinaigrette. Sense 4 (“type of Russian salad”) is a semantic loan from Russian винегре́т (vinegrét), whence also the doublet vinegret.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

vinaigrettes (plural) vinegarette (alternative)

Derived Forms

vinaigretted

Phrases

vinaigrette dressing vinaigrette sauce

Synonyms

vinegarette French dressing Italian dressing Greek dressing vinaigrette dressing vinaigrette sauce vinaigrette salad sauce sauce vinaigrette

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce vinaigrette?
The recorded pronunciation is /vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/.
What does vinaigrette mean?
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.
Where does vinaigrette come from?
It is traced to French.

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