Etymology

meunière sauce

Today it means: A simple sauce made with brown butter, chopped parsley, and lemon. Full definition →

French meunière
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  1. French · derived frommeunière
  2. English todaymeunière sauce

From French meunière (literally “miller's wife”).

Words from the same roots

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