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vinegar

noun · verb · 6 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɪnəɡəː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈvɪnəɡəː]
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈvɪnəɡɚ/
  • General-American: [ˈvɪ̟nəɡɚ] ~ [ˈvɪ̟nəɡɹ̩]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪnəɡə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: V IH1 N AH0 G ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any variety of vinegar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • a range of herb-flavoured vinegars

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Vigor; vitality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To season or otherwise treat with vinegar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: acetum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: condiment

Narrower terms: chili vinegar, cider vinegar, wine vinegar

6

noun

Meaning 6

dilute acetic acid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: acetic acid, ethanoic acid

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh1y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh1ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnum Old French vin Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱrós Proto-Italic *akris Classical Latin ācer Late Latin ācrus Old French aigre Old French vinaigrebor. Middle English vynegre English vinegar From Middle English vynegre, from Old French vinaigre from Old French vyn egre, based on Latin vīnum (“wine”) + Latin ācer (“sour”). Displaced Old English æċed (survived in Middle English eced).

Across languages

Translations

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: абжьеи (abžej) — condiment
  • Afrikaans: asyn — condiment
  • Aghwan: 𐕜𐔰𐔾𐔰𐔾𐔰𐕘 (ṭalalaġ) — condiment
  • Alabama: finika — condiment
  • Albanian: uthull — condiment
  • Southern Altai: уксус (uksus) — condiment
  • Southern Altai: сирке (sirke) — condiment
  • Amharic: መጻጻ (mäṣaṣa) — condiment
  • Amharic: ኮምጣጤ (komṭaṭṭe) — condiment
  • Amharic: ከል (käll) — condiment
  • Antillean Creole: vinèg — condiment
  • Arabic: خَلّ (ḵall) — condiment
  • Arabic: خل (ḵall) — condiment
  • Aragonese: vinagre — condiment
  • Aramaic: חָלָא (ḥallā) — condiment
  • Aramaic: ܚܠܐ (ḥallā) — condiment
  • Armenian: քացախ (kʻacʻax) — condiment
  • Aromanian: puscã — condiment
  • Assamese: সিৰিকা (xirika) — condiment
  • Asturian: vinagre — condiment
  • Avar: къанцӏа (qxʼancʼa) — condiment
  • Azerbaijani: sirkə — condiment
  • Bashkir: һеркә (herkə) — condiment
  • Basque: ozpina — condiment
  • Bats: ძმარ (ʒmar) — condiment
  • Belarusian: во́цат (vócat) — condiment
  • Bengali: ভিনেগার (bhinegar) — condiment
  • Bengali: সির্কা (śirka) — condiment
  • Breton: gwinegr — condiment
  • Bulgarian: оце́т (océt) — condiment
  • Burmese: ရှလကာရည် (hra.la.karany) — condiment
  • Catalan: vinagre — condiment
  • Chechen: уксус (uksus) — condiment
  • Cherokee: ᏧᎾᏦᏍᏘ (tsunatsosti) — condiment
  • Chinese Cantonese: 醋 (cou3) — condiment
  • Chinese: 醋 (zh-min-nan) — condiment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 醋 (cù) — condiment
  • Wu Chinese: 醋 (5tshu) — condiment
  • Ngazidja Comorian: siki — condiment
  • Cornish: aysel — condiment
  • Crimean Tatar: sirke — condiment
  • Czech: ocet — condiment
  • Dalmatian: acait — condiment
  • Danish: eddike — condiment
  • Dutch: azijn — condiment
  • Elfdalian: ätikk — condiment
  • Esperanto: vinagro — condiment
  • Estonian: äädikas — condiment
  • Faroese: edikur — condiment
  • Finnish: etikka — condiment
  • Franco-Provençal: vinégro — condiment
  • French: vinaigre — condiment
  • Middle French: vinaigre — condiment
  • Old French: vinaigre — condiment
  • Old French: aisil — condiment
  • West-Frisian: jittik — condiment
  • Friulian: asêt — condiment
  • Galician: vinagre — condiment
  • Ge'ez: ብሒእ (bəḥiʾ) — condiment
  • Ge'ez: መፃፃ (mäṣ́aṣ́a) — condiment
  • Ge'ez: መጻጻ (mäṣaṣa) — condiment
  • Ge'ez: ከል (käll) — condiment
  • Georgian: ძმარი (ʒmari) — condiment
  • German: Essig — condiment
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄 (akeit) — condiment
  • Greek: ξίδι (xídi) — condiment
  • Ancient Greek: ὄξος (óxos) — condiment
  • Ancient Greek: τάργανον (tárganon) — condiment
  • Greenlandic: seernartoq — condiment
  • Gujarati: સરકો (sarko) — condiment
  • Haitian Creole: vinèg — condiment
  • Hausa: munegar — condiment
  • Hebrew: חומץ \ חֹמֶץ (khómets) — condiment
  • Hiligaynon: langgaw — condiment
  • Hindi: सिरका (sirkā) — condiment
  • Hindi: चुक्र (cukra) — condiment
  • Hungarian: ecet — condiment
  • Hunsrik: Essich — condiment
  • Icelandic: edik — condiment
  • Ido: vinagro — condiment
  • Ilocano: suka — condiment
  • Indonesian: cuka — condiment
  • Ingrian: uksus — condiment
  • Irish: fínéagar — condiment
  • Middle Irish: fínégra — condiment
  • Istriot: azì — condiment
  • Italian: aceto — condiment
  • Japanese: 酢 (su) — condiment
  • Japanese: ビネガー (binegā) — condiment
  • Kannada: ವಿನೆಗರ್ (vinegar) — condiment
  • Karelian: etikka — condiment
  • Kashubian: òct — condiment
  • Kazakh: сірке су (sırke su) — condiment
  • Kazakh: сірке (sırke) — condiment
  • Khmer: ទឹកខ្មេះ (tɨk khmeh) — condiment
  • Korean: 식초 (sikcho) — condiment
  • Korean: 비네거 (binegeo) — condiment
  • Central Kurdish: سرکھ (sirkih) — condiment
  • Northern Kurdish: sirke — condiment
  • Kyrgyz: уксус (uksus) — condiment
  • Kyrgyz: сирке (sirke) — condiment
  • Lao: ນ້ໍາສົ້ມ (nam som) — condiment
  • Latin: acētum — condiment
  • Latvian: etiķis — condiment
  • Lithuanian: actas — condiment
  • Lombard: asée — condiment
  • Low German: Etig — condiment
  • Low German: Ätig — condiment
  • Luxembourgish: Esseg — condiment
  • Macedonian: оцет (ocet) — condiment
  • Malagasy: vinaigitra — condiment
  • Malay: cuka — condiment
  • Malayalam: വിനാഗിരി (vināgiri) — condiment
  • Maltese: ħall — condiment
  • Māori: winika — condiment
  • Marathi: शिरका (śirkā) — condiment
  • Marathi: व्हिनेगर (vhinegar) — condiment
  • Mòcheno: essa — condiment
  • Mon: ဍာ် သံ (daik sɔm) — condiment
  • Mongolian: цуу (cuu) — condiment
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠤᠤ (čuu) — condiment
  • Nanai: чу (ču) — condiment
  • Neapolitan: acìto — condiment
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eddik — condiment
  • Occitan: vinagre — condiment
  • Church Slavic: оцьтъ (ocĭtŭ) — condiment
  • Old English: æċed — condiment
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: azedo — condiment
  • Old Prussian: ettiks — condiment
  • Old Tupi: kaûĩaîa — condiment
  • Old Tupi: kaûĩaîasy — condiment
  • Pannonian Rusyn: есенц (esenc) — condiment
  • Pannonian Rusyn: оцет (ocet) — condiment
  • Papiamentu: binager — condiment
  • Pashto: سرکه (sirka) — condiment
  • Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭪 — condiment
  • Dari: سِرْکَه (sirka) — condiment
  • Iranian Persian: سِرْکِه (serke) — condiment
  • Plautdietsch: Ädikj — condiment
  • Polish: ocet — condiment
  • Portuguese: vinagre — condiment
  • Punjabi: ਸਿਰਕਾ (sirkā) — condiment
  • Punjabi: سِرْکَہ (sirkah) — condiment
  • Quechua: mama aqha — condiment
  • Romanian: oțet — condiment
  • Romansh: ascheiu — condiment
  • Romansh: ischieu — condiment
  • Romansh: ischiu — condiment
  • Romansh: ischia — condiment
  • Romansh: aschaid — condiment
  • Russian: у́ксус (úksus) — condiment
  • Russian: о́цет (ócet) — condiment
  • Northern Sami: ettet — condiment
  • Northern Sami: edet — condiment
  • Sanskrit: चुक्र (cukra) — condiment
  • Scottish Gaelic: fìon-geur — condiment
  • Scottish Gaelic: binigear — condiment
  • Scottish Gaelic: mionaigir — condiment
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀цат — condiment
  • Serbo-Croatian: ки̑с — condiment
  • Serbo-Croatian: сѝрће — condiment
  • Serbo-Croatian: òcat — condiment
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȋs — condiment
  • Serbo-Croatian: sìrće — condiment
  • Sicilian: acitu — condiment
  • Sinhalese: විනාකිරි (winākiri) — condiment
  • Slovak: ocot — condiment
  • Slovene: kȋs — condiment
  • Somali: khal — condiment
  • Lower Sorbian: wósucha — condiment
  • Upper Sorbian: kisało — condiment
  • Spanish: vinagre — condiment
  • Sranan Tongo: asin — condiment
  • Swahili: siki — condiment
  • Swedish: vinäger — condiment
  • Swedish: ättika — condiment
  • Tabasaran: сирке (sirke) — condiment
  • Tagalog: suka — condiment
  • Tagalog: binagre — condiment
  • Tajik: сирко (sirko) — condiment
  • Tajik: уксус (uksus) — condiment
  • Tamil: புளிங்காடி (puḷiṅkāṭi) — condiment
  • Taos: biną̀greʼéne — condiment
  • Tatar: серкә (serkä) — condiment
  • Telugu: వెనిగర్ (venigar) — condiment
  • Thai: น้ําส้มสายชู (nám-sôm-sǎai-chuu) — condiment
  • Thai: น้ําส้ม (náam-sôm) — condiment
  • Tigre: ከል (käl) — condiment
  • Tigrinya: መጺጽ (mäṣiṣ) — condiment
  • Tok Pisin: viniga — condiment
  • Turkish: sirke — condiment
  • Ottoman Turkish: سركه (sirke) — condiment
  • Turkmen: sirke — condiment
  • Turkmen: uksus — condiment
  • Udi: окъо (oq̇o) — condiment
  • Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎎𐎕 (ḥmṣ) — condiment
  • Ukrainian: о́цет (ócet) — condiment
  • Unami: shëwapu — condiment
  • Urdu: سِرْکَہ (sirka) — condiment
  • Uyghur: ئاچچىقسۇ (achchiqsu) — condiment
  • Uzbek: sirka — condiment
  • Uzbek: uksus — condiment
  • Venetan: axédo — condiment
  • Venetan: axedo — condiment
  • Venetan: axéo — condiment
  • Venetan: axé — condiment
  • Venetan: xéo — condiment
  • Vietnamese: giấm — condiment
  • Vilamovian: essig — condiment
  • Volapük: vinig — condiment
  • Welsh: finegr — condiment
  • Yiddish: עסיק (esik) — condiment
  • Yup'ik: uksuussaq — condiment
  • Zhuang: meiq — condiment
  • Zulu: viniga — condiment
  • Finnish: maustaa etikalla — to season with vinegar
  • Macedonian: закиселува (zakiseluva) — to season with vinegar
  • Pannonian Rusyn: есенцовац (esencovac) — to season with vinegar
  • Pannonian Rusyn: оцтовац (octovac) — to season with vinegar
  • Spanish: vinagrar — to season with vinegar
Real reading context

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