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lyonnaise

UK/ˌliː.əˈneɪz/

lyonnaise adjective: cooked with onions, especially caramelized onions.

Adjective

lyonnaise (not comparable)

  1. Cooked with onions, especially caramelized onions.
    • For dinner, we had beef with potatoes lyonnaise.
  2. Prepared in a style typical to Lyon.
    • The essential ingredients of salad lyonnaise are bacon, croutons and poached egg.

Origin of lyonnaise

From French lyonnaise (“in the manner of Lyon”).

Questions about lyonnaise

What does lyonnaise mean?
Lyonnaise means cooked with onions, especially caramelized onions.
What part of speech is lyonnaise?
Lyonnaise is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lyonnaise?
Lyonnaise is pronounced /ˌliː.əˈneɪz/ (UK).

Words near lyonnaise in the dictionary

  1. lyoniresinol
  2. lyonium
  3. lyoniums
  4. lyonization
  5. Lyonnais
  6. lyonnaise
  7. Lyonnese
  8. Lyonnesse
  9. lyons
  10. Lyonshall
  11. lyonsiid

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