Definition

Noun: 1. A brown sauce made with mushrooms and red wine or Madeira: "marchand de vin" refers to a specific type of rich, French-inspired sauce. Its name is French for "wine merchant."

Usage

• "Marchand de vin" is used as a singular noun to describe the sauce itself. It is typically used in culinary contexts.
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Advanced Usage

• The term can function as a modifier before a noun to describe a dish prepared with this sauce.
  • Example: We enjoyed the marchand de vin chicken.

Variants and Related Words

• Marchand de vin sauce: A more explicit, full name for the sauce, identical in meaning.
• Sauce marchand de vin: The French term order, also used in English culinary writing.

Synonyms

• Red wine sauce: A more general, descriptive term in English.
• Brown wine sauce: Another descriptive term focusing on the sauce's color and base ingredient.

Notes on Meaning

• The term "marchand de vin" is a direct borrowing from French. In English, it refers exclusively to the culinary sauce and not to a person (a wine merchant). The connection is that the sauce is made with wine, a wine merchant's product.

Noun

1. brown sauce with mushrooms and red wine or Madeira