vinaigrette

See also 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Alternative forms

• vinegarette (box for vinegar or smelling salts)

Etymology

French

Pronunciation

• enPR: vĭn-ə-grĕtʹ, IPA: /vɪnəˈɡrɛt/, X-SAMPA: /vIn@"grEt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

vinaigrette (plural vinaigrettes)

1. A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, used especially for cold meats, or as a salad dressing.
2. (obsolete) A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; called also vinegarette.
3. (obsolete) A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man.
4. a sort of Russian salad, originally using the French salad dressing.

Synonyms

• (sauce): French dressing, vinaigrette dressing, vinaigrette sauce

Derived terms

• vinaigrette dressing
• vinaigrette sauce

Translations

sauce

• Breton: gwinegrenn (br) f
• French: vinaigrette (fr) f
• Galician: vinagreta (gl) f

• German: Vinaigrette (de) f
• Greek: λαδόξιδο (el) (ladóxido) n

small box for holding vinegar or smelling salts

• German: Riechfläschchen (de) n

• Volapük: smelafladil (vo), benosmelafladül (vo)

vehicle

• French: vinaigrette (fr) f

a Russian salad

• Belarusian: вінэгрэт (be) (vinehrét) m
• German: Vinaigrette (de) f

• Russian: винегрет (ru) (vinegrét) m
• Ukrainian: вінігрет (uk) (vinihrét) m

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French

Noun

vinaigrette f (plural vinaigrettes)

1. vinaigrette (sauce), French dressing
2. vinaigrette (vehicle)

Descendants

• Russian: винегрет (vinegrét) m (a type of Russian salad originally using the French dressing)