mayonnaise

may·on·naise  (m-nz, m-nz)

n.

A dressing made of beaten raw egg yolk, oil, lemon juice or vinegar, and seasonings.

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[French mahonnaise, mayonnaise, possibly from Mahón, Spanish city on Minorca captured by Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1696-1788), in 1756 (the duke's chef is said to have introduced mayonnaise in honor of this victory).]

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mayonnaise [ˌmeɪəˈneɪz]

n

(Cookery) a thick creamy sauce made from egg yolks, oil, and vinegar or lemon juice, eaten with salads, eggs, etc.

[from French, perhaps from Mahonnais of Mahón, a port in Minorca]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mayonnaise - egg yolks and oil and vinegar         mayo dressing, salad dressing - savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type green mayonnaise, sauce verte - mayonnaise with tarragon or dill and chopped watercress and spinach or cucumber

Translations

mayonnaise [meɪəˈneɪz] N → mayonesa f
see also garlic B

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mayonnaise [ˌmeɪəˈneɪz] n → mayonnaise f
egg mayonnaise (in sandwich) → œuf mayonnaise

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mayonnaise

n → Mayonnaise f, → Majonäse f

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mayonnaise [ˌme/ɛ7əˈneɪz] n → maionese f

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mayonnaise

n mayonnaise [meiəˈneiz, (American ) ˈmeiəneiz]

a thick sauce made of egg yolk, oil, vinegar or lemon and seasoning, and often used on salads. mayonnaise مايونيز: أسم طعام майонеза majonéza majonæse die Mayonnaise μαγιονέζα mayonesa majonees مایونز majoneesi mayonnaise מָיוֹנִית पीली चटनी majoneza majonéz mayones majónes, majónsósa maionese マヨネーズ 마요네즈 majonezas majonēze mayones mayonaise majones majonez maionese maio­neză майонез majonéza majoneza majonez majonnäs น้ำสลัดชนิดข้น mayonez 蛋黃醬 майонез انڈے کی زردی، تیل اور سرکے وغیرہ سے تیار کیا جانے والا چکنا، گاڑھا لعاب nước xốt ma-don-ne 蛋黄酱

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mayonnaise → ميونيز majonéza majonæse Mayonnaise μαγιονέζα mayonesa majoneesi mayonnaise majoneza maionese マヨネーズ 마요네즈 mayonaise majones majonez maionese майонез majonäs มายองเนส mayonez sốt mayonnaise 蛋黄酱