aioli

ai·o·li
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UK/aɪˈəʊlɪ/US/(ˌ)aɪˈoʊli/US/(ˌ)eɪˈoʊ-/

noun

A type of sauce made from garlic and olive oil, often with egg and lemon juice and similar to mayonnaise.

Similar
aioli saucegarlic sauce
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Meanings

nounaioli (countable and uncountable, plural aiolis)

plural aiolis · alternative aïoli

  1. countableuncountableA type of sauce made from garlic and olive oil, often with egg and lemon juice and similar to mayonnaise.

Synonyms & antonyms

noungarlic mayonnaise

Similar
aioli saucegarlic sauce
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Occitanalhòli
  2. Frenchaïoli
  3. Englishaioli

Borrowed from French aïoli, from Occitan alhòli, from alh (“garlic”) + òli (“oil”).

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Translations

Bulgarian айо́ли
  • айо́ли (ajóli)A type of sauce made from garlic, olive oil, and often egg
Catalan allioli
  • allioliA type of sauce made from garlic, olive oil, and often egg
Finnish aioli
  • aioliA type of sauce made from garlic, olive oil, and often egg
French aïoli
  • aïoliA type of sauce made from garlic, olive oil, and often egg
Greek αγιολί
  • αγιολί (agiolí)A type of sauce made from garlic, olive oil, and often egg
Portuguese aioli
  • aioliA type of sauce made from garlic, olive oil, and often egg
Spanish ajiaceite, alioli
  • ajiaceiteA type of sauce made from garlic, olive oil, and often egg
  • alioliA type of sauce made from garlic, olive oil, and often egg
  • ajoaceiteA type of sauce made from garlic, olive oil, and often egg
  • ajolioA type of sauce made from garlic, olive oil, and often egg
Swedish aioli
  • aioliA type of sauce made from garlic, olive oil, and often egg

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

aioli. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aioli

MLA

“aioli.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aioli. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aioli,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aioli.

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