# vinaigrette
## English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for “vinaigrette”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

### Alternative forms

* vinegarette (box for vinegar or smelling salts)

### Etymology

Borrowed from French vinaigrette.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: vĭn-ə-grĕtʹ, IPA: /vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### 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.
* (obsolete) A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; called also vinegarette.
** 1858, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, What will he do with it?:Lady Selina smells at her vinaigrette, and replies in her softest, affectedest, civilest, and crushingest manner— "Poor—DEAR—OLD MAN!"
* (obsolete) A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a person.
* A sort of Russian salad, originally using French salad dressing.

#### Synonyms

* (sauce): French dressing, Italian dressing, Greek dressing, vinaigrette dressing, vinaigrette sauce, vinaigrette salad sauce

#### Derived terms

* vinaigrette dressing
* vinaigrette sauce

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* integrative, vertiginate

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French vinaigrette.

### Noun

vinaigrette c (singular definite vinaigretten, not used in plural form)
* vinaigrette (sauce)

#### Declension
### References

* “vinaigrette” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* vinegrette
* vinegretti

### Etymology

Borrowed from French vinaigrette.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋineɡretːe/, [ˈʋine̞ɡˌre̞t̪ːe̞]
* IPA: /ˈʋinɑi̯ɡretːe/, [ˈʋinɑ̝i̯ɡˌre̞t̪ːe̞]
* Syllabification: vi‧naig‧ret‧te

### Noun

vinaigrette
* vinaigrette (sauce)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of vinaigrette (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :

### Further reading

* “vinaigrette”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vi.nɛ.ɡʁɛt/ ~ /vi.ne.ɡʁɛt/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From vinaigre +‎ -ette.

#### Noun

vinaigrette f (plural vinaigrettes)
* vinaigrette (sauce), French dressing

##### Descendants

* → Catalan: vinagreta
* → English: vinaigrette
* → Russian: винегре́т m (vinegrét)

### Etymology 2

From vinaigre (root of vinaigrier, which it resembles) +‎ -ette.

#### Noun

vinaigrette f (plural vinaigrettes)
* vinaigrette (vehicle)

### Further reading

* “vinaigrette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.