mayonnaise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪ.ə.neɪz/
ipa: /ˌmeɪ.əˈneɪz/
note: General American, æ-tensing, alternative pronunciation
ipa: /ˈmæn.eɪz/
note: General American, æ-tensing, alternative pronunciation
ipa: [ˈmɛən-]
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˌmejəˈneːs/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˌmejəˈneɪs/
note: Ghanaian
ipa: [ˈmɐ.jɔ.nɛs]
note: Indic
ipa: /maj.o.ne(j)z/
note: Indic
ipa: /-niz/
note: Indic
ipa: /najz/
note: Indic, colloquial, proscribed
ipa: /maj.năs/
homophone: minus
rhymes: -eɪz
Forms: form: mayonnaises
form: Mayonnaise
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French mayonnaise, possibly named after the city of Maó (Mahón in Spanish), Minorca, whence the recipe was brought back to France. Compare Spanish mahonesa. Alternative suggested origins include the city of Bayonne (bayonnaise); the Duke of Mayenne and the words manier (“to handle”) in French or moyeu, or egg yolk, in Old French.
Senses: examples: text: There are 250 foods, including mayonnaise, cheese and cocoa, that don't list ingredients at all.
ref: 1985 May, Boys' Life, volume 75, number 5, page 20:
text: The FDA's original intent for foods included under "standards of identity" ensured that terms like "mayonnaise" or "ice cream” would guarantee the same basic ingredients required in the government-established recipe no matter who manufactured it.
ref: 1975, Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Joy of Cooking, page 7:
text: I grew up thinking that the blue and white Miracle Whip salad dressing jar in the fridge held the same substance the rest of the world knew as mayonnaise. / Now I know that mayonnaise is something entirely different.
ref: 1993, Eve Johnson, Five Star Food:
text: The oils in store-bought mayonnaise range from olive oil to sunflower oil to safflower oil and some less desirable oils!
ref: 2008, Jan McCracken, The Everything Lactose Free Cookbook:
text: Most store-bought mayonnaise contains ingredients (vinegar, lemonjuice, and salt) that actually slow bacterial growth
ref: 2012, Marie A. Boyle, Sara Long Roth, Personal Nutrition:
glosses: A dressing made from vegetable oil, raw egg yolks, vinegar or lemon juice, and seasoning, used on salads, with french fries, in sandwiches etc.
examples: text: We served a lobster mayonnaise as a starter.
glosses: Any cold dish with that dressing as an ingredient.
examples: text: hair mayonnaise
text: facial mayonnaise
text: They include cider vinegar, two pre-shampoo products, shampoo, conditioner, hair mayonnaise, oil, leave-in conditioner, end protector, revitalising styling spray and filtered water.
ref: 2016, Emma Tarlo, Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair, Oneworld Publications, →ISBN:
text: Then I implemented a lighter protein conditioner – such as hair mayonnaise, which I learned about from my cousin Renee – for the off weeks. I used this hidden gem in combination with olive oil (yes, I bought a kitchen bottle of olive oil – the same kind my grandmother used in every single delicious dish she ever cooked – strictly for use in my hair).
ref: 2010, Rhea E. Santangelo, Grow It Girl! How I Took My Hair from Broken to Beautiful, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 26:
glosses: Any cream, for example for moisturizing the face or conditioning the hair, for which the base is egg yolks and oil.
examples: text: Rancey and our coach, Damien Hardwick, still both joke that "Dimma" tried to off-load him for a sixpack of beers and a bucket of chips in his first few years, but I think they both put some mayonnaise on the story these days.
ref: 2017 March 2, Trent Cotchin, “Alex Rance is one of the most competitive humans that has walked the planet, writes Trent Cotchin”, in Herald Sun, Melbourne, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2024:
text: If he had a reputation among supporters of playing for free kicks he wasn't aware of it and no one from the AFL or coaches spoke to him specifically about changing his style. But he admits, he would "put some mayonnaise" on top of what defenders had done to him to ensure the umpires were aware of what was happening.
ref: 2020 August 27, Peter Ryan, “The (football) world is a stage, and players think umpires should police it”, in The Age, Melbourne:
glosses: Exaggeration.
Synonyms: mayo
Derived terms: egg mayonnaise
lemonaise
lemon-aise
lime-aise
mayo
mayochup
mayomust
mayonnaise face
mayonnaiselike
mayonnaisey
orange-aise
perinaise
veganaise