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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vinaigrette in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Alternative forms

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 bottle of oil and balsamic vinegar for making vinaigrette in an Italian restaurant in Singapore
  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.
  2. (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!"
  3. (obsolete) A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a person.
  4. A sort of Russian salad, originally using French salad dressing.
Drawing of vinaigrette (perforated box)

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • vinaigrette dressing
  • vinaigrette sauce

Translations

Anagrams

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

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French vinaigrette.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋineɡretːe/, [ˈʋine̞ɡˌre̞t̪ːe̞]
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋinɑi̯ɡretːe/, [ˈʋinɑi̯ɡˌre̞t̪ːe̞]
  • Syllabification(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
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)
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)

  1. 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)

  1. vinaigrette (vehicle)

Further reading
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