vinaigrette
/vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/
vinaigrette noun: a sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juice; oil; and other ingredients, used as a salad dressing, or as a marinade for cold meats. Also the alternative form of vinegret.
Noun
vinaigrette (countable and uncountable, plural vinaigrettes)
- A sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juice; oil; and other ingredients, used as a salad dressing, or as a marinade for cold meats.
- Synonyms:
- vinegarette, French dressing, Italian dressing, Greek dressing, vinaigrette dressing, vinaigrette sauce, vinaigrette salad sauce
- A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts
- Lady Selina smells at her vinaigrette, and replies in her softest, affectedest, civilest, and crushingest manner— "Poor—DEAR—OLD MAN!"1858, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, What will he do with it?
- Synonyms:
- vinegarette
- A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a litter, to be drawn or pushed by a person. They were used in France until the late 18th century.
Also used as
vinaigrette is also the alternative form of vinegret.
vinaigrette meaning in Marathi, Tagalog and Persian
vinaigrette in Marathi
- sauce
- व्हिनेग्रेट vhinegreṭ
vinaigrette in Tagalog
- sauce
- binagreta
vinaigrette in Persian
- sauce
- وینگرت vinegret
Synonyms of vinaigrette
- French dressing
- Italian dressing
- Greek dressing
- vinaigrette dressing
- vinaigrette sauce
- vinaigrette salad sauce
- vinegarette
Forms of vinaigrette
| plural | vinaigrettes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | vinegarette |
Origin of vinaigrette
Borrowed from French vinaigrette. Sense 4 (“type of Russian salad”) is a semantic loan from Russian винегре́т (vinegrét), whence also the doublet vinegret.
Words formed from vinaigrette
- vinaigretted
- vinaigrette dressing
- vinaigrette sauce
Words that rhyme with vinaigrette
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- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
- ket
Questions about vinaigrette
- What does vinaigrette mean?
- Vinaigrette means a sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juice; oil; and other ingredients, used as a salad dressing, or as a marinade for cold meats.
- What is vinaigrette in Marathi?
- Vinaigrette in Marathi is व्हिनेग्रेट (vhinegreṭ). See Vinaigrette meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is vinaigrette?
- Vinaigrette is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vinaigrette?
- Vinaigrette is pronounced /vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/.
- What is the plural of vinaigrette?
- The plural of vinaigrette is vinaigrettes.
Words near vinaigrette in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vinaigrette (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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