marchand de vin
English edit
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Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French marchand de vin (literally “wine merchant”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
marchand de vin (uncountable)
- A typical bistro sauce made from reduced red wine, shallots, and, sometimes, beef stock or demiglace.
- Synonym: marchand de vin sauce
- Coordinate term: Bordelaise sauce
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
marchand de vin m (countable and uncountable, plural marchands de vin, feminine marchande de vin)
- (countable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see marchand, de, vin; wine merchant
- (uncountable, masculine) marchand de vin sauce
- Coordinate term: sauce bordelaise f