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Webster 1913 Edition
mayonnaise
maˊyonˊnaise′
,Noun.
[F.]
A thick white sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency near to that of a gel, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; – used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce.
Definition 2024
Mayonnaise
mayonnaise
mayonnaise
See also: Mayonnaise
English
Noun
mayonnaise (countable and uncountable, plural mayonnaises)
- A dressing made from vegetable oil, raw egg yolks and seasoning, used on salads, with french fries, in sandwiches etc.
- 1985 May, Boys' Life, volume 75, page 20:
- There are 250 foods, including mayonnaise, cheese and cocoa, that don't list ingredients at all.
- 1975, Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Joy of Cooking, page 7:
- The FDA's original intent for foods included under "standards of identity" ensured that terms like "mayonnaise" or "ice cream” would guarantee the same basic ingredients required in the government-established recipe no matter who manufactured it.
- 1993, Eve Johnson, Title=Five Star Food:
- I grew up thinking that the blue and white Miracle Whip salad dressing jar in the fridge held the same substance the rest of the world knew as mayonnaise. / Now I know that mayonnaise is something entirely different.
- 2008, Jan McCracken, The Everything Lactose Free Cookbook:
- The oils in store-bought mayonnaise range from olive oil to sunflower oil to safflower oil and some less desirable oils!
- 2012, Marie A. Boyle, Sara Long Roth, Personal Nutrition:
- Most store-bought mayonnaise contains ingredients (vinegar, lemonjuice, and salt) that actually slow bacterial growth
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
dressing
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Danish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French mayonnaise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /majonɛːsə/, [mɑjoˈnɛːsə]
Noun
mayonnaise c (singular definite mayonnaisen, plural indefinite mayonnaiser)
Inflection
Inflection of mayonnaise
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mayonnaise | mayonnaisen | mayonnaiser | mayonnaiserne |
| genitive | mayonnaises | mayonnaisens | mayonnaisers | mayonnaisernes |
French
Etymology
Possibly named after the city Mahón whence the recipe was brought back to France. Alternative suggested origins include the city of Bayonne (bayonnaise); the French word manier (to handle); the Old French moyeu (egg yolk); and the Duke of Mayenne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.jɔ.nɛz/
Noun
mayonnaise f (plural mayonnaises)
Descendants
- Danish: mayonnaise
- English: mayonnaise
- Greek: μαγιονέζα (magionéza)