dressing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛsɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English dressing, dressinge, dressynge, equivalent to dress +‎ -ing.

Noun

dressing (countable and uncountable, plural dressings)

1. (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[1]:

     She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.

2. A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
3. Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
4. The activity of getting dressed.
   • 2004, Kathryn Banks, Joseph Harris, Exposure: Revealing Bodies, Unveiling Representations (page 182)

     Considered thus, the performance is a translation into images of bodies on display, as is well demonstrated by Monsieur Jourdain's repeated dressings and undressings.

5. (obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

6. The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
7. Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
8. An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
9. (dated) Castigation; scolding; dressing down.
10. (dated) the process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals

Derived terms

Derived terms

• dressing gown
• dressing stick
• ranch dressing
• salad dressing

Translations

material applied to a wound

• Armenian: վիրակապ (hy) (virakap)
• Bulgarian: превръзка (bg) f (prevrǎzka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 敷料 (zh) (fūliào)

• Finnish: side (fi), haavaside (fi)
• German: Verband (de) m
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• Japanese: 包帯 (ほうたい, hōtai)
• Latin: fōmentum n
• Maori: takai, tākaikai, tāpi, whakapiripiri
• Polish: opatrunek (pl) m
• Portuguese: curativo (pt)
• Russian: перевя́зка (ru) f (perevjázka), повя́зка (ru) f (povjázka)
• Spanish: vendaje (es) m, tirita (es) f, cura (es) f, curita (es) f; apósito (es) m

sauce, especially a cold one for salads

• Bulgarian: сос m (sos)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調味汁／调味汁 (zh) (tiáowèizhī), 调味汁 (zh) (tiáowèizhī), 作料 (zh) (zuóliao), 沙拉酱 (shālājiàng)

• Czech: dresink m
• Finnish: kastike (fi) (any sauce); salaattikastike (dressing for salad)
• German: Dressing (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὀξάλμη f (oxálmē) (vinegar-based), σκοροδάλμη f (skorodálmē) (garlic-based)

• Hungarian: salátaöntet (hu)
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• Japanese: ドレッシング (ja) (doresshingu)
• Macedonian: прелив m (preliv)
• Portuguese: tempero (pt) m
• Russian: со́ус (ru) m (sóus), припра́ва (ru) f (pripráva), запра́вка (ru) f (zaprávka)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgeadachadh m
• Spanish: salsa (es) f, vinagreta (es) f
• Swedish: dressing (sv) c

something added to the soil as a fertilizer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肥料 (zh) (féiliào)

• Finnish: lannoite (fi), maanparannusaine
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• Japanese: 肥料 (ja) (ひりょう, hiryō)
• Portuguese: adubo (pt) m
• Russian: удобре́ние (ru) n (udobrénije)

activity of getting dressed

• Bulgarian: обличане (bg) n (obličane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 穿衣 (zh) (chuānyī)

• Finnish: pukeutuminen (fi)
• German: Ankleiden n
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• Macedonian: облекување (oblekuvanje)
• Romanian: imbracat
• Russian: одева́ние (ru) n (odevánije)
• Spanish: vestirse (es)
• Swedish: påklädning (sv) c, påklädnad c

dress; attire

• Finnish: puku (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc. — see forcemeat

substance used for stiffening or finishing

• Finnish: tärkki (fi)
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ornamental finish

• Finnish: koriste (fi)
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castigation; scolding

• Finnish: haukkuminen (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals

• Finnish: rikastaminen (fi)
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Etymology 2

From Middle English dressynge, dressande, equivalent to dress +‎ -ing.

Verb

dressing

1. present participle of dress

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English dressing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɛ.sɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: dres‧sing
• Rhymes: -ɛsɪŋ

Noun

dressing m (plural dressings, diminutive dressinkje n)

1. A dressing, a cold sauce for salads.

See also

• slasaus

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁɛ.siŋ/, /dʁe.siŋ/

• Audio:

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Noun

dressing m (plural dressings)

1. wardrobe
2. dressing room (small walk-in room off a bedroom)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dresiŋ/

Noun

dressing c

1. dressing, a kind of sauce.

Declension

Declension of dressing
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dressing	dressingen	dressingar	dressingarna
Genitive	dressings	dressingens	dressingars	dressingarnas