sauce brune

French

Etymology

From sauce (“sauce”) +‎ brune (“brown”). From being a brown-colored sauce.

Noun

sauce brune f (plural sauces brunes) (lit. brown sauce)

1. brown sauce
2. gravy

Hyponyms

• sauce hot chicken / sauce à hot chicken (“hot chicken sauce”) (sauce for preparing a hot chicken (“hot chicken sandwich”) (shredded chicken between two pieces of sliced white bread, slathered in gravy, topped with peas))
• sauce poutine / sauce à poutine (“poutine sauce”) (the regular sauce used in a poutine)