mayonnaise
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may·on·naise
(mā′ə-nāz′, mā′ə-nāz′)n.
A thick dressing made of beaten raw egg yolk, oil, lemon juice or vinegar, and seasonings.
[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
[C19: from French, perhaps from Mahonnais of Mahón, a port in Minorca]
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may•on•naise
(ˌmeɪ əˈneɪz, ˈmeɪ əˌneɪz)n.
a thick dressing of egg yolks, vinegar or lemon juice, oil, and seasonings.
[1835–45; < French]
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| Noun | 1. |  mayonnaise - egg yolks and oil and vinegar 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 |
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Translations
مايونيز: أسم طعاممَايُونِيّز
majonéza
majonæsemayonnaise
majoneesi
מיונז
majoneza
mayones
majónesmajónes, majónsósa
マヨネーズ
마요네즈
majonezas
majonēze
majonéza
majoneza
majonnäs
มายองเนส
sốt mayonnaise
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Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mayonnaise
n → Mayonnaise f, → Majonäse f
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mayonnaise
(meiəˈneiz) , ((American) ˈmeiəneiz) noun a thick sauce made of egg yolk, oil, vinegar or lemon and seasoning, and often used on salads.
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mayonnaise
→ مَايُونِيّز majonéza majonæse Mayonnaise μαγιονέζα mayonesa majoneesi mayonnaise majoneza maionese マヨネーズ 마요네즈 mayonaise majones majonez maionese майонез majonnäs มายองเนส mayonez sốt mayonnaise 蛋黄酱Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009