Meanings
nounDijon mustard (countable and uncountable, plural Dijon mustards)
plural Dijon mustards
- countableuncountableA kind of mustard made with verjuice (or, more recently, white wine) instead of vinegar.
Origin
After Jean Naigeon of Dijon, France, who originated it in 1856.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 法式黃芥末醬 /法式黄芥末酱
- 法式黃芥末醬 /法式黄芥末酱 (fàshì huáng jièmòjiàng)kind of mustard
Czech dijonská hořčice
- dijonská hořčicekind of mustard
Danish dijonsennep
- dijonsennepkind of mustard
Dutch dijonmosterd
- dijonmosterdkind of mustard
Esperanto diĵona mustardo
- diĵona mustardokind of mustard
Finnish Dijon-sinappi
- Dijon-sinappikind of mustard
French moutarde de Dijon
- moutarde de Dijonkind of mustard
German Dijon-Senf
- Dijon-Senfkind of mustard
Hebrew חַרְדָּל דִיז׳וֹן
- חַרְדָּל דִיז׳וֹן (khardál dizhón)kind of mustard
Italian senape di Digione
- senape di Digionekind of mustard
Japanese ディジョンマスタード
- ディジョンマスタードkind of mustard
Korean 디종 머스터드
- 디종 머스터드 (dijong meoseuteodeu)kind of mustard
Norwegian Bokmål dijonsennep
- dijonsennepkind of mustard
Persian خردل دیژون
- خردل دیژونkind of mustard
Polish musztarda diżońska, musztarda dijon
- musztarda diżońskakind of mustard
- musztarda dijonkind of mustard
Portuguese mostarda de Dijon
- mostarda de Dijonkind of mustard
Russian дижо́нская горчи́ца
- дижо́нская горчи́ца (dižónskaja gorčíca)kind of mustard
Spanish mostaza de Dijon
- mostaza de Dijonkind of mustard
Swedish dijonsenap
- dijonsenapkind of mustard
Thai มัสตาร์ดดีฌง
- มัสตาร์ดดีฌงkind of mustard
Turkish Dijon hardalı
- Dijon hardalıkind of mustard
Ukrainian діжо́нська гірчи́ця
- діжо́нська гірчи́ця (dižónsʹka hirčýcja)kind of mustard
Yiddish דיזשאָנער זענעפֿט
- דיזשאָנער זענעפֿט (dizhoner zeneft)kind of mustard
Cite this entry
APA
Dijon mustard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dijon%20mustard
MLA
“Dijon mustard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dijon%20mustard. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dijon mustard,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dijon%20mustard.
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