Phrase guide

Caesar salad

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A type of salad, generally made from romaine lettuce, croutons, parmesan cheese, coddled or hard-boiled eggs, fresh-ground black pepper and Worcestershire sauce.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

Examples

  • Would you like some Caesar salad for lunch?
  • Of all the Caesar salads I've tasted, this is the finest.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A serving of such salad.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Would you like a Caesar salad for lunch?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

typically having fried croutons and dressing made with a raw egg

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tossed salad

History

Etymology

Named after (Italian-born) US restaurateur Caesar Cardini (1896–1956) who is generally thought to have invented it for his Tijuana restaurant in 1924.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَلَطَة قَيْصَر — Caesar salad
  • Armenian: Կեսար (Kesar) — Caesar salad
  • Azerbaijani: sezar salatı — Caesar salad
  • Bengali: সিজ়ার সালাদ — Caesar salad
  • Breton: saladenn Caesar — Caesar salad
  • Catalan: amanida Cèsar — Caesar salad
  • Catalan: ensalada Cèsar — Caesar salad
  • Chinese Cantonese: 凱撒沙律 /凯撒沙律 — Caesar salad
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愷撒沙拉 /恺撒沙拉 (Kǎisā shālā) — Caesar salad
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愷撒色拉 /恺撒色拉 (Kǎisā sèlā) — Caesar salad
  • Czech: salát Caesar — Caesar salad
  • Danish: cæsarsalat — Caesar salad
  • Dutch: caesarsalade — Caesar salad
  • Estonian: Caesari salat — Caesar salad
  • Finnish: caesarsalaatti — Caesar salad
  • French: salade César — Caesar salad
  • Galician: ensalada César — Caesar salad
  • German: Caesar Salad — Caesar salad
  • Greek: σαλάτα του Καίσαρα (saláta tou Kaísara) — Caesar salad
  • Hindi: सीज़र सलाद (sīzar salād) — Caesar salad
  • Irish: sailéad chaesair — Caesar salad
  • Japanese: シーザーサラダ (Shīzā sarada) — Caesar salad
  • Korean: 시저 샐러드 (Sijeo saelleodeu) — Caesar salad
  • Marathi: सीजर सलाड (sījar salāḍ) — Caesar salad
  • Norwegian Bokmål: cæsarsalat — Caesar salad
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: cæsarsalat — Caesar salad
  • Polish: Cezar — Caesar salad
  • Polish: sałatka Cezar — Caesar salad
  • Portuguese: salada Caesar — Caesar salad
  • Portuguese: Caesar salad — Caesar salad
  • Portuguese: salada César — Caesar salad
  • Russian: сала́т «Це́зарь» — Caesar salad
  • Spanish: ensalada César — Caesar salad
  • Swedish: caesarsallad — Caesar salad
  • Turkish: Sezar salata — Caesar salad
  • Urdu: سیزر سلاد (sīzar salād) — Caesar salad