Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sabayon

/ˌsɑbaɪˈoʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: sa-ba-yon
IPA: /ˌsɑbaɪˈoʊn/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of zabaglione.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"An orange-blossom-water sabayon is thickened in the microwave (and I will never again make finicky sabayon any other way)."

Etymology

From French sabayon, from Italian zabaione, possibly from Latin sabaia (“Illyrian barley beer”, from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste”)) + -one (augmentative suffix).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: sabayon, zabaglione, -, *sab-, sabaia

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌsɑbaɪˈoʊn/
British English: /ˈsabaɪjɒ̃/

Usage

Inflected Forms

sabayons (plural)

Synonyms

zabaglione

Rhymes With

one own known phone alone none shown stone zone loan grown green zone

Questions

How do you pronounce sabayon?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɑbaɪˈoʊn/.
What does sabayon mean?: Synonym of zabaglione.
Where does sabayon come from?: It is traced to French.

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