marchand de vin

English

Alternative forms

  • marchands de vin

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French marchand de vin (literally wine merchant).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /mɑɹˌʃɑ̃ də ˈvæ̃/, enPR: mär-shäɴ' də văɴʹ
  • Rhymes: -æn
  • Hyphenation: mar‧chand de vin

Noun

marchand de vin (uncountable)

  1. A typical bistro sauce made from reduced red wine, shallots, and, sometimes, beef stock or demiglace.
    Synonym: marchand de vin sauce
    Coordinate term: Bordelaise sauce

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʁ.ʃɑ̃ d(ə) vɛ̃/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛ̃
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Noun

marchand de vin m (countable and uncountable, plural marchands de vin, feminine marchande de vin)

  1. (countable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see marchand, de, vin; wine merchant
  2. (uncountable, masculine) marchand de vin sauce
    Coordinate term: sauce bordelaise f
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