maionese
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.joˈne.ze/
- Rhymes: -eze
- Hyphenation: ma‧io‧né‧se
Noun
maionese f (plural maionesi)
Anagrams
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- mayonese, maionnaise, mayonnese (obsolete)
- mayonnaise (dated)
Etymology
Borrowed from French mayonnaise (“mayonnaise”), possibly from Spanish Mahón (“a city in the Balearic Islands”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maj.oˈnɛ.zi/ [maɪ̯.oˈnɛ.zi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maj.oˈnɛ.ze/ [maɪ̯.oˈnɛ.ze]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /maj.ɔˈnɛ.zɨ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛzi, (Portugal) -ɛzɨ
Noun
maionese f (plural maioneses)
- mayonnaise (a dressing made from raw egg yolks and oil)
- (Brazilian cuisine) a cold dish made with mayonnaise, potatoes and eggs
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:maionese.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Tetum: maioneze
Further reading
- “maionese”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “maionese”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025