salmoriglio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salmoriglio.

Noun

salmoriglio (uncountable)

  1. An Italian condiment made from lemon juice, olive oil, and herbs.
    • 2011 December 18, Jay Rayner, “Restaurant review: Aurelia”, in The Observer[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 August 2022:
      It meant we could watch them roasting the leg of salt-marsh lamb to be sliced thinly and served with confit garlic and a punchy salmoriglio – a southern Italian sauce of chopped green herbs, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil.

Synonyms

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian sammurigghiu or salamarigghiu, from Late Latin *salimorilium, a variant of salimuria (brine). Compare Spanish salmorejo and Arabic شَرْمُولَة (šarmūla).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sal.moˈriʎ.ʎo/
  • Rhymes: -iʎʎo
  • Hyphenation: sal‧mo‧rì‧glio

Noun

salmoriglio m (plural salmorigli)

  1. salmoriglio

References

  • salmoriglio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana