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vinaigrette

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • vĭn-ə-grĕtʹ
  • /vɪnəˈɡɹɛt/
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  • rhymes with -ɛt

1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vinegarette

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vinegarette

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a litter, to be drawn or pushed by a person. They were used in France until the late 18th century.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, historical, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative form of vinegret (“type of Russian salad”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: French dressing, sauce vinaigrette

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dressing, salad dressing

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French vinaigrette. Sense 4 (“type of Russian salad”) is a semantic loan from Russian винегре́т (vinegrét), whence also the doublet vinegret.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Breton: gwinegrenn — sauce
  • Bulgarian: сос винегрет (sos vinegret) — sauce
  • Catalan: vinagreta — sauce
  • Chinese Mandarin: 油醋汁 (yóucùzhī) — sauce
  • Finnish: vinaigrette — sauce
  • French: vinaigrette — sauce
  • Galician: vinagreta — sauce
  • German: Vinaigrette — sauce
  • Greek: λαδόξιδο (ladóxido) — sauce
  • Japanese: ヴィネグレット (vineguretto) — sauce
  • Marathi: व्हिनेग्रेट (vhinegreṭ) — sauce
  • Persian: وینگرت (vinegret) — sauce
  • Polish: winegret — sauce
  • Portuguese: vinagrete — sauce
  • Russian: со́ус винегре́т (sóus vinegrét) — sauce
  • Spanish: vinagreta — sauce
  • Spanish: salsa vinagreta — sauce
  • Swedish: vinägrett — sauce
  • Tagalog: binagreta — sauce
  • Ukrainian: со́ус вінегре́т (sóus vinehrét) — sauce
  • Ukrainian: вінегре́тна запра́вка (vinehrétna zaprávka) — sauce
  • German: Riechfläschchen — small box for holding vinegar or smelling salts
  • Polish: flakonik na sole trzeźwiące — small box for holding vinegar or smelling salts
  • Volapük: smelafladil — small box for holding vinegar or smelling salts
  • Volapük: benosmelafladül — small box for holding vinegar or smelling salts
  • French: vinaigrette — vehicle
  • Polish: winegret — vehicle