vinaigre
French, noun
vinaigre is spelled V-I-N-A-I-G-R-E (8 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written French, the 12,122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vinaigre is a French masculine noun meaning “vinegar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of vinaigrer. With an accent, vinaigré is a different word: “past participle of vinaigrer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vin aigri par la production spontanée ou provoquée de l’acide acétique et qui s’emploie surtout comme…”.
What does vinaigre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevinegar
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of vinaigrer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vin aigri par la production spontanée ou provoquée de l’acide acétique et qui s’emploie surtout comme condiment. 2. Liquide analogue obtenu avec d’autres produits que du vin. 3. Allure du jeu de corde à sauter, consistant à accélérer la vitesse de rotation de la corde
adjective: 1. À base de vinaigre. 2. Aigre. 3. Pour un film en acétate, présente des signes de décomposition, et a une odeur de vinaigre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vinaigre
- vinaigres plural
- vinaigrée feminine
- vinaigrés masculine plural
- vinaigrées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vinaigre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vinaigre in French?
vinaigre appears 4.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).