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balsamic vinegar

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine, that has been matured in wooden barrels, the resins of which contribute to its flavour; especially such a vinegar from Modena in Italy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: balsamico

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: балсамов оцет (balsamov ocet) — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Catalan: vinagre balsàmic — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Estonian: palsamiäädikas — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Faroese: balsamico edikur — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Finnish: balsamiviinietikka — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • French: vinaigre balsamique — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • German: Balsamessig — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Greek: βαλσάμικο ξίδι (valsámiko xídi) — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Hungarian: balzsamecet — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Icelandic: balsamedik — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Irish: fínéagar balsamach — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Italian: aceto balsamico — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Japanese: バルサミコ酢 (barusamiko-su) — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Maltese: ħall balsamiku — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Polish: ocet balsamiczny — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Russian: бальзами́ческий у́ксус (balʹzamíčeskij úksus) — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Swedish: balsamvinäger — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Turkish: balzamik sirke — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine
  • Welsh: finegr balsamig — a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine