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hollandaise sauce

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An emulsion of butter and lemon juice using egg yolks as the emulsifying agent, used in French cooking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

From French sauce hollandaise (“Dutch sauce”).

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: salsa holandesa — emulsion of butter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 荷蘭醬 /荷兰酱 — emulsion of butter
  • Dutch: hollandaisesaus — emulsion of butter
  • French: sauce hollandaise — emulsion of butter
  • German: holländische Sauce — emulsion of butter
  • German: Sauce hollandaise — emulsion of butter
  • German: Hollandaise — emulsion of butter
  • Italian: salsa olandesa — emulsion of butter
  • Malay: sos belanda — emulsion of butter
  • Persian: سس هولاندز (sos-e holândeiz) — emulsion of butter
  • Polish: sos holenderski — emulsion of butter
  • Portuguese: molho holandeso — emulsion of butter
  • Portuguese: salsa holandesa — emulsion of butter
  • Portuguese: molho hollandaise — emulsion of butter
  • Portuguese: molho holandês — emulsion of butter
  • Spanish: salsa holandesa — emulsion of butter
  • Swedish: hollandaisesås — emulsion of butter
  • Swedish: hollandaise — emulsion of butter