vinaigre
See also: vinaigré
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French vinaigre (“vinegar”), equivalent to vin + aigre. Compare Catalan and Occitan vinagre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.nɛɡʁ/
audio (file) - Homophones: vinaigrent, vinaigres
Derived terms
- mouche de vinaigre
- mouche du vinaigre
- on n’attrape pas des mouches avec du vinaigre
- tourner au vinaigre (“turn sour”)
- vinaigre balsamique
- vinaigre de toilette
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: vinèg
Verb
vinaigre
- inflection of vinaigrer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “vinaigre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
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