tartar sauce
or tartare sauce
noun
a mayonnaise dressing for fish and seafood, usually with chopped pickles, onions, olives, capers, and green herbs added.
Origin of tartar sauce
First recorded in 1895–1900,
tartar sauce is from the French word
sauce tartare
Words nearby tartar sauce
tart up,
tartan,
tartanry,
tartar,
tartar emetic,
tartar sauce,
tartar steak,
tartarated,
tartare,
tartare sauce,
tartarean
British Dictionary definitions for tartare sauce
tartare sauce
tartar sauce
noun
a mayonnaise sauce mixed with hard-boiled egg yolks, chopped herbs, capers, and gherkins
Word Origin for tartare sauce
from French
sauce tartare, from
Tartar