German

Noun

Vinaigrette f ‎(genitive Vinaigrette, plural Vinaigretten)

1. vinaigrette (sauce)

Declension

English

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

Alternative forms

• vinegarette (box for vinegar or smelling salts)

Noun

vinaigrette ‎(countable and uncountable, 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.
   • 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 boy or man.
4. A sort of Russian salad, originally using French salad dressing.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• vinaigrette dressing
• vinaigrette sauce

Translations

Anagrams

• integrative
• vertiginate

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from French vinaigrette.

Noun

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

1. vinaigrette (sauce)

Declension

References

• “vinaigrette” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

Noun

vinaigrette f ‎(plural vinaigrettes)

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

Descendants

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