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hollandaise sauce

noun
variants: or less commonly hollandaise
plural -s

Definition of hollandaise sauce

: sauce made of butter, yolks of eggs, and lemon juice or vinegar

History and Etymology for hollandaise sauce

partial translation of French sauce hollandaise, literally, Dutch sauce, from sauce + hollandaise, feminine of hollandais Dutch, from Hollande Holland, country in northwestern Europe

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