vinegar
pronunciation
How to pronounce vinegar in British English:
UK [ˈvɪnɪɡə(r)]
How to pronounce vinegar in American English:
US [ˈvɪnɪɡər]
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- Noun:
- sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative
- dilute acetic acid
Word Origin
- vinegar
- vinegar: [13] Etymologically, vinegar is ‘sour wine’. The term was borrowed from Old French vyn egre, whose elements went back respectively to Latin vīnum ‘wine’ (source of English wine) and acer ‘sharp, pungent’ (source of English eager). In modern French, vyn egre became vinaigre, and its diminutive form has given English vinaigrette [17]. This originally denoted a sort of small French carriage, which supposedly resembled a vinegar-seller’s cart; the modern application to an ‘oil-and-vinegar dressing’ is not recorded in English until the end of the 19th century.=> acid, acrid, eager, wine
- vinegar (n.)
- early 14c., from Old French vinaigre "vinegar," from vin "wine" (from Latin vinum; see wine (n.)) + aigre "sour" (see eager). In Latin, it was vinum acetum "wine turned sour;" compare Greek oxos "wine vinegar," which is related to oxys "sharp" (see acrid). Related: Vinegary; vinegarish.
Example
- 1. You can also use vinegar to tenderize seafood steaks .
- 2. Wait until the vinegar has dried , then begin painting .
- 3. Vegetables are frequently doused with vinegar and garlic .
- 4. Vinegar does marvelous things for eggs .
- 5. The acid in the vinegar will neutralize most pesticides .