vinaigrette

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts
3. (countable, historical, uncountable) 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.
4. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of vinegret (“type of Russian salad”).

Synonyms

sauce vinaigrette

French dressing

cruet

wheelbarrow

smelling-bottle

Translations

vinaigrette

Vinaigrette

vinagreta

Riechfläschchen

vinagreta

βινεγκρέτ

λαδόξιδο

vinaigrette

vinagreta

koklama şişesi

صلصة الخلّ

salata sosu

salsa vinagreta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/

Etymology

Borrowed from French vinaigrette. Sense 4 (“type of Russian salad”) is a semantic loan from Russian винегре́т (vinegrét), whence also the doublet vinegret.