Meanings
plural avgolemonos
- uncountableusuallyAny of a family of Mediterranean sauces and soups made with egg and lemon juice mixed with broth.
Fish may be poached and the liquor used to make an avgolemono sauce.
2009, Margaret Fulton, Avgolemono: Margaret Fulton's Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery, page 172 more examples
In Greece, avgolemono sauce is used in many recipes and is also made into a soup.
2010, Hallie Harron, Not Your Mother's FondueAvgolemono is a traditional Greek chicken and lemon soup that rarely contains anything but chicken, lemon, eggs, and sometimes rice or onion.
2011, Lynn Alley, 50 Simple Soups for the Slow Cooker
Origin
- Greekαβγολέμονο /αυγολέμονο
- Englishavgolemono
From Greek αβγολέμονο /αυγολέμονο (avgolémono), from αβγό /αυγό (avgó, “egg”) + λεμόνι (lemóni, “lemon”).
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Dutch avgolemono
- avgolemonofamily of sauces and soups made with egg, lemon juice and broth
Finnish avgolemono
- avgolemonofamily of sauces and soups made with egg, lemon juice and broth
French avgolémono
- avgolémonofamily of sauces and soups made with egg, lemon juice and broth
German Avgolemono
- Avgolemonofamily of sauces and soups made with egg, lemon juice and broth
Greek αβγολέμονο
- αβγολέμονο (avgolémono)family of sauces and soups made with egg, lemon juice and broth
Indonesian avgolemono
- avgolemonofamily of sauces and soups made with egg, lemon juice and broth
Italian avgolemono
- avgolemonofamily of sauces and soups made with egg, lemon juice and broth
Japanese アヴゴレモノ
- アヴゴレモノ (avugoremono)family of sauces and soups made with egg, lemon juice and broth
Polish awgolemono
- awgolemonofamily of sauces and soups made with egg, lemon juice and broth
Portuguese avgolemono
- avgolemonofamily of sauces and soups made with egg, lemon juice and broth
Russian авголемоно
- авголемоно (avgolemono)family of sauces and soups made with egg, lemon juice and broth
Spanish avgolemono
- avgolemonofamily of sauces and soups made with egg, lemon juice and broth
Ukrainian авголемоно
- авголемоно (avholemono)family of sauces and soups made with egg, lemon juice and broth
Cite this entry
avgolemono. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avgolemono
“avgolemono.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avgolemono. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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