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tartare sauce

tar·tare sauce
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tahr-tahr saws]
    • /tɑrˈtɑr sɔs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tahr-tahr saws]
    • /tɑrˈtɑr sɔs/

Definitions of tartare sauce words

  • noun tartare sauce a mayonnaise dressing for fish and seafood, usually with chopped pickles, onions, olives, capers, and green herbs added. 1
  • uncountable noun tartare sauce Tartare sauce is a thick cold sauce, usually eaten with fish, consisting of chopped onions and capers mixed with mayonnaise. 0
  • noun tartare sauce a mayonnaise sauce mixed with hard-boiled egg yolks, chopped herbs, capers, and gherkins 0
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Origin of tartare sauce

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900, tartar sauce is from the French word sauce tartare

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Parts of speech for Tartare sauce

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Full grammatical hierarchy of Tartare sauce

tartare sauce popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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