English
hollandaise sauce
Hollandaise sauce comes from French sauce hollandaise.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsauce hollandaiseliterally ‘Dutch sauce’
- Englishtodayhollandaise sauce
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Frenchc. 1600–presentsauce hollandaiseliterally ‘Dutch sauce’
- Englishtodayhollandaise sauce
Every English word from French sauce hollandaise
Today it means
noun An emulsion of butter and lemon juice using egg yolks as the emulsifying agent, used in French cooking.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French sauce hollandaise / hollandaise sauce