salmoriglio
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian salmoriglio.
Noun
salmoriglio (uncountable)
- 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)
References
- salmoriglio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana