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condiment

UK/ˈkɒn.dɪ.mənt/US/ˈkɑn.də.mənt/
nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,200 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: condiments

A condiment is a sauce or seasoning offered at the table. Pass the condiments, a tray of condiments, condiment sachets.

The distinction is when it is added: a condiment goes on at the table and a seasoning goes in during cooking. Which ones a country puts on the table says a great deal about it, and the arguments about the right one for chips are eternal.

OmarSharif1234 · CC0

Definitions of condiment

  1. 1nouncondimentA sauce or seasoning offered at the table.B2+

    “The café put salt, pepper, mustard and other condiments on every table.”

condiment is a seasoning.

Where it comes from

Latin condimentum comes from condire, to season or preserve.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *dʰeh₁-

  2. Latin

    condimentum

  3. Old French

    condiment

  4. Middle English

    condiment

  5. English, today

    condiment

Built from

  • condiō · Latin — to preserve, pickle, season

From late Middle English condiment, from Old French condiment, from Latin condimentum, from condiō (“to preserve, pickle, season”). See also condite and compare recondite.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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condiment in the wild

  • A condiment is a preparation that is added to food, typically after cooking, to enhance the flavor, to complement the dish, or to impart a specific flavor.

    Condiment

  • A salsa is any of a variety of sauces used as condiments for tacos and other Mexican and Mexican-American foods, and as dips for tortilla chips.

    Salsa (food)

  • The generic term for condiments in the Filipino cuisine is sawsawan (Philippine Spanish: sarsa).

    Philippine condiments

  • The following is a list of condiments used in Indian cuisine.

    List of Indian condiments

  • Amba or anba is a tangy condiment made with mango pickle.

    Amba (condiment)

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.