vinaigrette
English
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vinaigrette in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Alternative forms
- vinegarette (box for vinegar or smelling salts)
Etymology
Borrowed from French vinaigrette.
Pronunciation
- enPR: vĭn-ə-grĕtʹ, IPA(key): /vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
vinaigrette (countable and uncountable, plural vinaigrettes)
- 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.
- (obsolete) A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; called also vinegarette.
- 1858, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, What will he do with it?
- Lady Selina smells at her vinaigrette, and replies in her softest, affectedest, civilest, and crushingest manner— "Poor—DEAR—OLD MAN!"
- 1858, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, What will he do with it?
- (obsolete) A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a person.
- A sort of Russian salad, originally using French salad dressing.
Synonyms
- (sauce): French dressing, Italian dressing, Greek dressing, vinaigrette dressing, vinaigrette sauce, vinaigrette salad sauce
Derived terms
- vinaigrette dressing
- vinaigrette sauce
Translations
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Anagrams
- integrative, vertiginate
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French vinaigrette.
Noun
vinaigrette c (singular definite vinaigretten, not used in plural form)
- vinaigrette (sauce)
Declension
common gender | Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vinaigrette | vinaigretten |
genitive | vinaigrettes | vinaigrettens |
References
- “vinaigrette” in Den Danske Ordbog
Finnish
Alternative forms
- vinegrette
- vinegretti
Etymology
Borrowed from French vinaigrette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋineɡretːe/, [ˈʋine̞ɡˌre̞t̪ːe̞]
- IPA(key): /ˈʋinɑi̯ɡretːe/, [ˈʋinɑi̯ɡˌre̞t̪ːe̞]
- Syllabification(key): vi‧naig‧ret‧te
Noun
vinaigrette
- vinaigrette (sauce)
Declension
Inflection of vinaigrette (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | vinaigrette | vinaigrettet | |
genitive | vinaigretten | vinaigrettejen | |
partitive | vinaigrettea | vinaigretteja | |
illative | vinaigretteen | vinaigretteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | vinaigrette | vinaigrettet | |
accusative | nom. | vinaigrette | vinaigrettet |
gen. | vinaigretten | ||
genitive | vinaigretten | vinaigrettejen vinaigretteinrare | |
partitive | vinaigrettea | vinaigretteja | |
inessive | vinaigrettessa | vinaigretteissa | |
elative | vinaigrettesta | vinaigretteista | |
illative | vinaigretteen | vinaigretteihin | |
adessive | vinaigrettella | vinaigretteilla | |
ablative | vinaigrettelta | vinaigretteilta | |
allative | vinaigrettelle | vinaigretteille | |
essive | vinaigrettena | vinaigretteina | |
translative | vinaigretteksi | vinaigretteiksi | |
instructive | — | vinaigrettein | |
abessive | vinaigrettetta | vinaigretteitta | |
comitative | — | vinaigretteineen |
Possessive forms of vinaigrette (type nalle) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | vinaigretteni | vinaigrettemme |
2nd person | vinaigrettesi | vinaigrettenne |
3rd person | vinaigrettensa |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt/, /vi.ne.ɡʁɛt/
Audio (file)
Etymology 1
From vinaigre + -ette.
Noun
vinaigrette f (plural vinaigrettes)
- vinaigrette (sauce), French dressing
Descendants
- → Catalan: vinagreta
- → English: vinaigrette
- → Russian: винегре́т m (vinegrét)
Etymology 2
From vinaigre (root of vinaigrier, which it resembles) + -ette.
Noun
vinaigrette f (plural vinaigrettes)
- vinaigrette (vehicle)
Further reading
- “vinaigrette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.