bordelaise
Syllables: bor·de·laiseUK/ˌbɔːdəˈleɪz/US/ˌbɔɹdəˈleɪz/
bordelaise is the ellipsis of Bordelaise sauce.
Meaning of Bordelaise sauce
Noun
Bordelaise sauce (usually uncountable, plural Bordelaise sauces)
- A French sauce made with dry red wine, bone marrow, butter, shallots, and demiglace, and traditionally served with beef.
- Synonyms:
- bordelaise
Adjective
bordelaise (not comparable)
- Served with Bordelaise sauce.
- lobster bordelaise
Forms of bordelaise
| plural | bordelaises |
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Origin of bordelaise
Unadapted borrowing from French bordelaise (“from Bordeaux”), from the longer expression sauce bordelaise.
Phrases with bordelaise
Words that rhyme with bordelaise
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Questions about bordelaise
- What does bordelaise mean?
- Bordelaise means served with Bordelaise sauce.
- What is bordelaise the ellipsis of?
- Bordelaise is the ellipsis of Bordelaise sauce.
- What part of speech is bordelaise?
- Bordelaise is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce bordelaise?
- Bordelaise is pronounced /ˌbɔːdəˈleɪz/ (UK).
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bordelaise (page history and authors); Bordelaise sauce (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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