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aioli

Syllables: ai·o·liUK/aɪˈəʊlɪ/US/(ˌ)aɪˈoʊli/

aioli noun: a type of sauce made from garlic and olive oil, often with egg and lemon juice and similar to mayonnaise.

aioli: a type of sauce made from garlic and olive oil, often with egg and lemon juice and similar to...
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Noun

aioli (countable and uncountable, plural aiolis)

  1. A type of sauce made from garlic and olive oil, often with egg and lemon juice and similar to mayonnaise.

Forms of aioli

pluralaiolis
alternative formaïoli

Origin of aioli

Borrowed from French aïoli, from Occitan alhòli, from alh (“garlic”) + òli (“oil”).

Words that rhyme with aioli

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Questions about aioli

What does aioli mean?
Aioli means a type of sauce made from garlic and olive oil, often with egg and lemon juice and similar to mayonnaise.
What part of speech is aioli?
Aioli is a noun.
How do you pronounce aioli?
Aioli is pronounced /aɪˈəʊlɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of aioli?
The plural of aioli is aiolis.

Words near aioli in the dictionary

  1. Ainuid
  2. Ainuland
  3. Ainuness
  4. Ainus
  5. AIO
  6. aioli
  7. aiolis
  8. aiolosite
  9. Aion
  10. aionial
  11. aionian

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