vinaigre
See also: vinaigré
French
Etymology
From Old French vin (“wine”) + aigre (“acrid”). Compare Catalan and Occitan vinagre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.nɛɡʁ/
audio (file) - Homophones: vinaigrent, vinaigres
Noun
vinaigre m (plural vinaigres)
- vinegar
Derived terms
- mouche de vinaigre
- mouche du vinaigre
- on n'attrape pas des mouches avec du vinaigre
- tourner au vinaigre (“turn sour”)
- vinaigre balsamique
- vinaigre de toilette
Verb
vinaigre
- inflection of vinaigrer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “vinaigre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French vinaigre.
Noun
vinaigre m (plural vinaigres)
- vinegar
Old French
Etymology
From vin (“wine”) + aigre (“sour”).
Noun
vinaigre m (oblique plural vinaigres, nominative singular vinaigres, nominative plural vinaigre)
- vinegar
Descendants
- French: vinaigre
- → Middle English: vynegre, fynegre, wyne-egre, vyneger, wynyger, venegre, vinegre, wyneger, vynagre, vinagir, vineger
- English: vinegar
- → Japanese: ビネガー (binegā)
- Scots: veenegar
- English: vinegar
- → Middle Irish: fínégra
- Irish: fínéagar