marchand de vin
English
Alternative forms
- marchands de vin
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French marchand de vin (literally “wine merchant”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /mɑɹˌʃɑ̃ də ˈvæ̃/, enPR: mär-shäɴ' də văɴʹ
- Rhymes: -æn
- Hyphenation: mar‧chand de vin
Noun
marchand de vin (uncountable)
- A typical bistro sauce made from reduced red wine, shallots, and, sometimes, beef stock or demiglace.
- Synonym: marchand de vin sauce
- Coordinate term: Bordelaise sauce
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maʁ.ʃɑ̃ d(ə) vɛ̃/
- Rhymes: -ɛ̃
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Noun
marchand de vin m (countable and uncountable, plural marchands de vin, feminine marchande de vin)
- (countable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see marchand, de, vin; wine merchant
- (uncountable, masculine) marchand de vin sauce
- Coordinate term: sauce bordelaise f