French word

salade

Pronunciation

IPA/salad/

Meaning

  • feminine nounsalad

Example

Cette salade est très fraîche.

This salad is very fresh.

Illustration for salade (salad)

More examples

J'ai mangé une salade ce midi.

I ate a salad at lunchtime.

Core concept

Cold vegetables and other ingredients gathered into one seasoned mixture.

Common phrases

  • manger une salade

    eat a salad

  • faire une salade

    make a salad

  • une salade verte

    green salad

Similar words

entrée: A starter served as the first course.
accompagnement: A small side dish accompanying the main course.
plat: The main dish forming the focus of a meal.
crudités: Cut raw vegetables served as a starter.

Definition in French

Préparation composée de plusieurs ingrédients (légumes, parfois fromage, œufs ou féculents) mélangés et servis froids, généralement assaisonnés.

Word origin

Salade developed from Latin insalata, salted, through related southern French and Italian forms for vegetables prepared with salt and oil.

Usage tips

  • Salade verte usually means a green salad or lettuce-based salad, while salade composée signals a more varied mixture of ingredients.

Related words

  • saladiersalad bowlnoun
  • saladeriesalad restaurantnoun

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