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mayonnaise

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English

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French mayonnaise, possibly named after the city of Maó (Mahón in Spanish), Minorca, whence the recipe was brought back to France. Compare Spanish mahonesa. Alternative suggested origins include the city of Bayonne (bayonnaise); the Duke of Mayenne and the words manier (“to handle”) in French or moyeu, or egg yolk, in Old French.

Pronunciation

Noun

mayonnaise (countable and uncountable, plural mayonnaises)

  1. A dressing made from vegetable oil, raw egg yolks, vinegar or lemon juice, and seasoning, used on salads, with french fries, in sandwiches etc.
    • 1985 May, Boys' Life‎, volume 75, number 5, page 20:
      There are 250 foods, including mayonnaise, cheese and cocoa, that don't list ingredients at all.
    • 1975, Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Joy of Cooking‎, page 7:
      The FDA's original intent for foods included under "standards of identity" ensured that terms like "mayonnaise" or "ice cream” would guarantee the same basic ingredients required in the government-established recipe no matter who manufactured it.
    • 1993, Eve Johnson, Five Star Food:
      I grew up thinking that the blue and white Miracle Whip salad dressing jar in the fridge held the same substance the rest of the world knew as mayonnaise. / Now I know that mayonnaise is something entirely different.
    • 2008, Jan McCracken, The Everything Lactose Free Cookbook‎:
      The oils in store-bought mayonnaise range from olive oil to sunflower oil to safflower oil and some less desirable oils!
    • 2012, Marie A. Boyle, Sara Long Roth, Personal Nutrition‎:
      Most store-bought mayonnaise contains ingredients (vinegar, lemonjuice, and salt) that actually slow bacterial growth
  2. Any cold dish with that dressing as an ingredient.
    We served a lobster mayonnaise as a starter.
  4. Any cream, for example for moisturizing the face or conditioning the hair, for which the base is egg yolks and oil.
    hair mayonnaise
    facial mayonnaise
    • 2016, Emma Tarlo, Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair, Oneworld Publications, →ISBN:
      They include cider vinegar, two pre-shampoo products, shampoo, conditioner, hair mayonnaise, oil, leave-in conditioner, end protector, revitalising styling spray and filtered water.
    • 2010, Rhea E. Santangelo, Grow It Girl! How I Took My Hair from Broken to Beautiful, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 26:
      Then I implemented a lighter protein conditioner – such as hair mayonnaise, which I learned about from my cousin Renee – for the off weeks. I used this hidden gem in combination with olive oil (yes, I bought a kitchen bottle of olive oil – the same kind my grandmother used in every single delicious dish she ever cooked – strictly for use in my hair).
  5. (Australia, informal) Exaggeration.
    • 2017 March 2, Trent Cotchin, “Alex Rance is one of the most competitive humans that has walked the planet, writes Trent Cotchin”, in Herald Sun‎, Melbourne, archived from the original on 22 June 2024:
      Rancey and our coach, Damien Hardwick, still both joke that "Dimma" tried to off-load him for a sixpack of beers and a bucket of chips in his first few years, but I think they both put some mayonnaise on the story these days.
    • 2020 August 27, Peter Ryan, “The (football) world is a stage, and players think umpires should police it”, in The Age‎, Melbourne:
      If he had a reputation among supporters of playing for free kicks he wasn't aware of it and no one from the AFL or coaches spoke to him specifically about changing his style. But he admits, he would "put some mayonnaise" on top of what defenders had done to him to ensure the umpires were aware of what was happening.

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Verb

mayonnaise (third-person singular simple present mayonnaises, present participle mayonnaising, simple past and past participle mayonnaised)

  1. (transitive) To cover or season with mayonnaise.
    • 1998, Trace Farrell, The Ruins, page 153:
      Jones himself presided in the kitchen, mincing truffles, mayonnaising lobster, booting waiters out the door with tray after tray of steaming savories and teeth-numbing sweets, […]
    • 2009, David Galef, How to Cope With Suburban Stress:
      I thought of mayonnaising her racket handle or substituting it for sunblock, but decided against it.

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Danish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French mayonnaise.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /majonɛːsə/, [mɑjoˈnɛːsə]

Noun

mayonnaise c (singular definite mayonnaisen, plural indefinite mayonnaiser)

  1. mayonnaise

Inflection

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French

Etymology

Possibly named after the city Maó, Minorca, whence the recipe was brought back to France. Alternative suggested origins include the city of Bayonne (bayonnaise); the French word manier (“to handle”); the Old French moyeu (“egg yolk”); and the Duke of Mayenne.

Pronunciation

Noun

mayonnaise f (plural mayonnaises)

  1. mayonnaise
  2. (analogy, mechanics, informal) milkshake (accidental emulsion of oil and water in an engine)

Derived terms

  • la même mayonnaise

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Portuguese

Noun

mayonnaise f (plural mayonnaises)

  1. dated spelling of maionese

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