dressing

dressing

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English dressing, dressinge, dressynge, equivalent to dress +‎ -ing.

Noun

dressing (countable and uncountable, plural dressings)

  1. (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
  2. (cooking) A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
  3. Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
  4. The activity of getting dressed.
  5. (obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
  6. The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.
    Synonym: forcemeat
  7. Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
  8. An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
  9. (dated) Castigation; scolding; a dressing down.
  10. (dated) The process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals.
  11. (Maine) Manure that's applied to one's garden.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • German: Dressing
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English dressynge, dressande, equivalent to dress +‎ -ing.

Verb

dressing

  1. present participle and gerund of dress

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English dressing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɛ.sɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: dres‧sing
  • Rhymes: -ɛsɪŋ

Noun

dressing m (plural dressings, diminutive dressinkje n)

  1. a dressing, a cold sauce for salads

See also

  • slasaus

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʁɛ.siŋ/ ~ /dʁe.siŋ/

Noun

dressing m (plural dressings)

  1. dressing room (small walk-in room off a bedroom)
    Synonym: dressing room
  2. wardrobe

Further reading

  • “dressing” in Cordial.
  • dressing” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
  • “dressing” in L'Internaute.

Middle English

Noun

dressing

  1. alternative form of dressynge

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English dressing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɛ.siŋk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsiŋk
  • Syllabification: dre‧ssing

Noun

dressing m inan

  1. dressing (sauce, especially a cold one for salads)

Declension

Further reading

  • dressing in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • dressing in PWN's encyclopedia

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dresiŋ/

Noun

dressing c

  1. dressing (sauce)

Declension

Derived terms

  • currydressing
  • hamburgerdressing
  • orientdressing
  • ranchdressing
  • salladsdressing
  • vitlöksdressing

References

  • dressing in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • dressing in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • Fula Ordboken

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