vinegar
Syllables: vin·e·gar/ˈvɪnəɡəː//ˈvɪnəɡɚ/
vinegar noun: a sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.
Noun
vinegar (countable and uncountable, plural vinegars)
- A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.
- In Persia, newly married couples were presented with sheep's trotters steeped in vinegar as a love enticement.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 220
- Any variety of vinegar.
- a range of herb-flavoured vinegars
- Vigor; vitality.
- You full of vinegar now, but you 'bout through / We gonna get a steam drill to do your share of driving / Then what's all them muscles gonna do? Huh, John Henry? / Gonna take a little bit of vinegar out of you.1962, “The Legend of John Henry's Hammer”, performed by Johnny Cash
- [Rahm Emanuel] was full of vinegar on his proposal of mandatory retirement at age 75 for the president and the rest of the executive branch, as well as Congress and the judiciary.2026 January 24, Linda Feldmann, “Rahm Emanuel for president? A Monitor event with Chicago’s former mayor.”, in The Christian Science Monitor
Verb
vinegar (third-person singular simple present vinegars, present participle vinegaring, simple past and past participle vinegared)
- To season or otherwise treat with vinegar.
- Accordingly, after a vast amount of moaning and crying up-stairs, and much damping of foreheads, and vinegaring of temples, and hartshorning of noses, and so forth […]1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 19.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC
vinegar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
vinegar in Hindi
- condiment
- सिरका sirkā, चुक्र cukra
vinegar in Tamil
- condiment
- புளிங்காடி puḷiṅkāṭi
vinegar in Marathi
- condiment
- शिरका śirkā, व्हिनेगर vhinegar
vinegar in Urdu
- condiment
- سِرْکَہ sirka
More languagesFewer languages
- vinegar in Bengali
- ভিনেগার bhinegar, সির্কা śirka
- vinegar in Telugu
- వెనిగర్ venigar
- vinegar in Malayalam
- വിനാഗിരി vināgiri
- vinegar in Kannada
- ವಿನೆಗರ್ vinegar
- vinegar in Punjabi
- ਸਿਰਕਾ sirkā, سِرْکَہ sirkah
- vinegar in Gujarati
- સરકો sarko
- vinegar in Sanskrit
- चुक्र cukra
- vinegar in Sinhala
- විනාකිරි winākiri
- vinegar in Assamese
- সিৰিকা xirika
- vinegar in Pashto
- سرکه sirka
- vinegar in Tagalog
- suka, binagre
- vinegar in Arabic
- خَلّ ḵall
- vinegar in Malay
- cuka
- vinegar in Indonesian
- cuka
- vinegar in Thai
- น้ำส้มสายชู nám-sôm-sǎai-chuu, น้ำส้ม náam-sôm
- vinegar in Vietnamese
- giấm
- vinegar in Myanmar
- ရှလကာရည် hra.la.karany
Examples of vinegar in a sentence
- Put a little baking soda in some vinegar and watch what happens.
- He added just a skosh of vinegar, to give the recipe some zip.
- The chipper was a bit scabby on the vinegar today.
Forms of vinegar
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | vinegars |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | vinegars |
| present participle | vinegaring |
| past participle | vinegared |
| past | vinegared |
Origin of vinegar
From Middle English vynegre, from Old French vinaigre from Old French vyn egre, based on Latin vīnum (“wine”) + Latin ācer (“sour”). Displaced Old English æċed (survived in Middle English eced).
Words formed from vinegar
- vinegared
- vinegaring
- age like vinegar
- apple cider vinegar
- aromatic vinegar
- balsamic vinegar
- cane vinegar
- champagne vinegar
- chili vinegar
- Chinese red vinegar
- Chinkiang vinegar
- cider vinegar
- coconut vinegar
- drinking vinegar
- four thieves' vinegar
- fruit vinegar
- full of piss and vinegar
- herb vinegar
- honey catches more flies than vinegar
- honeygar
- horticultural vinegar
- it is better to be preserved in vinegar than to rot in honey
- malt vinegar
- Marseilles vinegar
- mint vinegar
- mother of vinegar
- palm vinegar
- piss and vinegar
- pith and vinegar
- prophylactic vinegar
- pyroligneous vinegar
- quick vinegar
- radical vinegar
- raspberry vinegar
- rice vinegar
- rose vinegar
- salt and vinegar
- sherry vinegar
- spiced vinegar
- spirit vinegar
- spit and vinegar
- sugar-vinegar
- sweetened vinegar
- tarragon vinegar
- thieves' vinegar
- toilet vinegar
- vinegar beer
- Vinegar Bible
- vinegar car
- vinegar eel
- vinegar-eel
- vinegarer
- vinegar essence
- vinegarette
- vinegar-field
- vinegar fly
- vinegar-fly
- vinegarish
- vinegarist
- vinegar lamp
Phrases with vinegar
- vinegar pie
- vinegar eels
- vinegar pies
- vinegar slaw
- wine vinegar
- wood vinegar
- vinegar flies
- vinegar plant
- white vinegar
- vinegar plants
- vinegar stroke
- vinegar strokes
14 more phrasesFewer phrases
- aged like vinegar
- ages like vinegar
- vinegar valentine
- Zhenjiang vinegar
- aging like vinegar
- vinegar valentines
- ageing like vinegar
- apple-cider vinegar
- vinegar of the four thieves
- you catch more flies with honey than vinegar
- you attract more flies with honey than vinegar
- you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar
- you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
- you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
Questions about vinegar
- What does vinegar mean?
- Vinegar means a sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.
- What is vinegar in Hindi?
- Vinegar in Hindi is सिरका (sirkā), चुक्र (cukra). See Vinegar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vinegar?
- Vinegar can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce vinegar?
- Vinegar is pronounced /ˈvɪnəɡəː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of vinegar?
- The plural of vinegar is vinegars.
Words near vinegar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vinegar (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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