vinaigrette

See also: Vinaigrette

English

A bottle of oil and balsamic vinegar for making vinaigrette in an Italian restaurant in Singapore

Drawing of vinaigrette (perforated box)

Alternative forms

• vinegarette (box for vinegar or smelling salts)

Etymology

Borrowed from French vinaigrette. Sense 4 (“type of Russian salad”) is a semantic loan from Russian винегре́т (vinegrét), whence also the doublet vinegret.

Pronunciation

• enPR: vĭn-ə-grĕtʹ, IPA^(key): /vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

vinaigrette (countable and uncountable, plural vinaigrettes)

1. 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.

   Synonym: (archaic) vinegarette

2. (obsolete) A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts

   Synonym: 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!"

3. (historical) A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a litter, to be drawn or pushed by a person. They were used in France until the late 18th century.
5. Alternative form of vinegret (“type of Russian salad”).

Synonyms

• (sauce): French dressing, Italian dressing, Greek dressing, vinaigrette dressing, vinaigrette sauce, vinaigrette salad sauce

Derived terms

• vinaigrette dressing
• vinaigrette sauce

Translations

sauce

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: please add this translation if you can
• Breton: gwinegrenn (br) f
• Bulgarian: сос винегрет m (sos vinegret)
• Catalan: vinagreta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 油醋汁 (yóucùzhī)

• Finnish: vinaigrette (fi)
• French: vinaigrette (fr) f
• Galician: vinagreta f
• German: Vinaigrette (de) f
• Greek: λαδόξιδο (el) n (ladóxido)
• Japanese: ヴィネグレット (vineguretto)
• Marathi: व्हिनेग्रेट n (vhinegreṭ)
• Persian: وینگرت (vinegret)
• Polish: winegret (pl) m
• Portuguese: vinagrete (pt) m
• Russian: со́ус винегре́т m (sóus vinegrét)
• Spanish: vinagreta (es) f, salsa vinagreta f
• Swedish: vinägrett (sv) c
• Tagalog: binagreta
• Ukrainian: со́ус вінегре́т m (sóus vinehrét), вінегре́тна запра́вка f (vinehrétna zaprávka)

small box for holding vinegar or smelling salts

• German: Riechfläschchen n
• Volapük: smelafladil, benosmelafladül

vehicle

• French: vinaigrette (fr) f

Anagrams

• integrative, vertiginate

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French vinaigrette.

Noun

vinaigrette c (singular definite vinaigretten, not used in plural form)

1. vinaigrette (sauce)

Declension

Declension of vinaigrette

common gender	singular
	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/, [ˈʋinɑ̝i̯ɡˌre̞t̪ːe̞]
• Rhymes: -etːe
• Syllabification^(key): vi‧naig‧ret‧te
• Hyphenation^(key): vi‧naig‧ret‧te

Noun

vinaigrette

1. vinaigrette (sauce)

Declension

Inflection of vinaigrette (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
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 vinaigrettein rare
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
abessive		vinaigrettetta	vinaigretteitta
instructive		—	vinaigrettein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of vinaigrette (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vinaigretteni vinaigretteni accusative nom. vinaigretteni vinaigretteni gen. vinaigretteni genitive vinaigretteni vinaigrettejeni vinaigretteini rare partitive vinaigretteani vinaigrettejani inessive vinaigrettessani vinaigretteissani elative vinaigrettestani vinaigretteistani illative vinaigretteeni vinaigretteihini adessive vinaigrettellani vinaigretteillani ablative vinaigretteltani vinaigretteiltani allative vinaigrettelleni vinaigretteilleni essive vinaigrettenani vinaigretteinani translative vinaigrettekseni vinaigretteikseni abessive vinaigrettettani vinaigretteittani instructive — — comitative — vinaigretteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vinaigrettesi vinaigrettesi accusative nom. vinaigrettesi vinaigrettesi gen. vinaigrettesi genitive vinaigrettesi vinaigrettejesi vinaigretteisi rare partitive vinaigretteasi vinaigrettejasi inessive vinaigrettessasi vinaigretteissasi elative vinaigrettestasi vinaigretteistasi illative vinaigretteesi vinaigretteihisi adessive vinaigrettellasi vinaigretteillasi ablative vinaigretteltasi vinaigretteiltasi allative vinaigrettellesi vinaigretteillesi essive vinaigrettenasi vinaigretteinasi translative vinaigretteksesi vinaigretteiksesi abessive vinaigrettettasi vinaigretteittasi instructive — — comitative — vinaigretteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vinaigrettemme vinaigrettemme accusative nom. vinaigrettemme vinaigrettemme gen. vinaigrettemme genitive vinaigrettemme vinaigrettejemme vinaigretteimme rare partitive vinaigretteamme vinaigrettejamme inessive vinaigrettessamme vinaigretteissamme elative vinaigrettestamme vinaigretteistamme illative vinaigretteemme vinaigretteihimme adessive vinaigrettellamme vinaigretteillamme ablative vinaigretteltamme vinaigretteiltamme allative vinaigrettellemme vinaigretteillemme essive vinaigrettenamme vinaigretteinamme translative vinaigretteksemme vinaigretteiksemme abessive vinaigrettettamme vinaigretteittamme instructive — — comitative — vinaigretteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vinaigrettenne vinaigrettenne accusative nom. vinaigrettenne vinaigrettenne gen. vinaigrettenne genitive vinaigrettenne vinaigrettejenne vinaigretteinne rare partitive vinaigretteanne vinaigrettejanne inessive vinaigrettessanne vinaigretteissanne elative vinaigrettestanne vinaigretteistanne illative vinaigretteenne vinaigretteihinne adessive vinaigrettellanne vinaigretteillanne ablative vinaigretteltanne vinaigretteiltanne allative vinaigrettellenne vinaigretteillenne essive vinaigrettenanne vinaigretteinanne translative vinaigretteksenne vinaigretteiksenne abessive vinaigrettettanne vinaigretteittanne instructive — — comitative — vinaigretteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative vinaigrettensa vinaigrettensa accusative nom. vinaigrettensa vinaigrettensa gen. vinaigrettensa genitive vinaigrettensa vinaigrettejensa vinaigretteinsa rare partitive vinaigretteaan vinaigretteansa vinaigrettejaan vinaigrettejansa inessive vinaigrettessaan vinaigrettessansa vinaigretteissaan vinaigretteissansa elative vinaigrettestaan vinaigrettestansa vinaigretteistaan vinaigretteistansa illative vinaigretteensa vinaigretteihinsa adessive vinaigrettellaan vinaigrettellansa vinaigretteillaan vinaigretteillansa ablative vinaigretteltaan vinaigretteltansa vinaigretteiltaan vinaigretteiltansa allative vinaigrettelleen vinaigrettellensa vinaigretteilleen vinaigretteillensa essive vinaigrettenaan vinaigrettenansa vinaigretteinaan vinaigretteinansa translative vinaigrettekseen vinaigretteksensa vinaigretteikseen vinaigretteiksensa abessive vinaigrettettaan vinaigrettettansa vinaigretteittaan vinaigretteittansa instructive — — comitative — vinaigretteineen vinaigretteinensa

Further reading

• “vinaigrette”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt/ ~ /vi.ne.ɡʁɛt/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From vinaigre +‎ -ette.

Noun

vinaigrette f (plural vinaigrettes)

1. vinaigrette (sauce), French dressing

Descendants

• → Catalan: vinagreta
• → English: vinaigrette
• → Russian: винегре́т m (vinegrét)
  • → English: vinegret; → vinaigrette (semantic loan)

Etymology 2

From vinaigre (root of vinaigrier, which it resembles) +‎ -ette.

Noun

vinaigrette f (plural vinaigrettes)

1. vinaigrette (vehicle)

Further reading

• “vinaigrette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.