mignonette sauce

noun

A condiment usually made with minced shallots, cracked pepper, and vinegar, and traditionally served with raw oysters.

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mignonette
OriginFrench mignonnette →
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Meanings

nounmignonette sauce (countable and uncountable, plural mignonette sauces)

plural mignonette sauces

  1. countableuncountableA condiment usually made with minced shallots, cracked pepper, and vinegar, and traditionally served with raw oysters.

    Synonyms: mignonette

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA condiment usually made with minced shallots, cracked pepper, and vinegar, and traditionally served with raw oysters.

Similar
mignonette

Origin

  1. Frenchmignonnette“cracked pepper”
  2. Englishmignonette sauce

From French mignonnette (“cracked pepper”).

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APA

mignonette sauce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mignonette%20sauce

MLA

“mignonette sauce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mignonette%20sauce. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mignonette sauce,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mignonette%20sauce.

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