different between ranch vs mayonnaise

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together”, from ranchear (“to lodge or station”), from Old French ranger (“install in position”), from rang (“row, line”) (cognate with English rank)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ænt?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???nt?/
• Rhymes: -??nt?, -ænt?

Noun

ranch (plural ranches)

1. A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
2. A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
3. A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
4. Ranch dressing.

Derived terms

• ranch dressing
• rancher
• ranchhand
• ranchslider, ranch slider

Translations

Verb

ranch (third-person singular simple present ranches, present participle ranching, simple past and past participle ranched)

1. To operate a ranch; engage in ranching.

   Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.

2. To work on a ranch

   Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From English ranch.

Noun

ranch c (singular definite ranchen, plural indefinite rancher)

1. a ranch

Declension

Derived terms

• gæsteranch

See also

• rancher

References

• “ranch” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English ranch, from Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ranch m (plural ranches or ranchen, diminutive ranchje n)

1. ranch, notably livestock breeding farm, especially in North America and in other English-speaking countries

Related terms

• rancher m

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English ranch, from American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together”, from ranchear (“to lodge, station”), from Old French ranger (“to install in position”), from rang (“row, line”) (cognate with English rank). Doublet of rancio.

Noun

ranch m (invariable)

1. A ranch, notably livestock breeding farm.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mayonnaise, possibly named after the city Maó (Mahón in Spanish), Minorca, whence the recipe was brought back to France. Compare Spanish mahonesa. Alternative suggested origins include the city of Bayonne (bayonnaise); the French word manier (“to handle”); the Old French moyeu (“egg yolk”); and the Duke of Mayenne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?.?.ne?z/, /?me?.??ne?z/
• (General American, æ-tensing) also IPA^(key): /?mæn.e?z/, [?m??n-]
• Rhymes: -e?z

Noun

mayonnaise (countable and uncountable, plural mayonnaises)

1. A dressing made from vegetable oil, raw egg yolks and seasoning, used on salads, with french fries, in sandwiches etc.
2. Any cold dish with that dressing as an ingredient.

   We served a lobster mayonnaise as a starter.

4. Any cream, for example for moisturizing the face or conditioning the hair, for which the base is egg yolks and oil.

   hair mayonnaise, facial mayonnaise

   • 2016, Emma Tarlo, Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair, Oneworld Publications (?ISBN):

     They include cider vinegar, two pre-shampoo products, shampoo, conditioner, hair mayonnaise, oil, leave-in conditioner, end protector, revitalising styling spray and filtered water.

   • 2010, Rhea E. Santangelo, Grow It Girl! How I Took My Hair from Broken to Beautiful, Lulu.com (?ISBN), page 26:

     Then I implemented a lighter protein conditioner – such as hair mayonnaise, which I learned about from my cousin Renee – for the off weeks. I used this hidden gem in combination with olive oil (yes, I bought a kitchen bottle of olive oil – the same kind my grandmother used in every single delicious dish she ever cooked – strictly for use in my hair).

Synonyms

• mayo

Derived terms

• mayo
• mayonnaiselike
• mayonnaisey
• veganaise

Translations

Danish

Alternative forms

• majonæse

Etymology

From French mayonnaise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /majon??s?/, [m?jo?n??s?]

Noun

mayonnaise c (singular definite mayonnaisen, plural indefinite mayonnaiser)

1. mayonnaise

Inflection

French

Etymology

Possibly named after the city Maó, Minorca, whence the recipe was brought back to France. Alternative suggested origins include the city of Bayonne (bayonnaise); the French word manier (“to handle”); the Old French moyeu (“egg yolk”); and the Duke of Mayenne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.j?.n?z/

Noun

mayonnaise f (plural mayonnaises)

1. mayonnaise
2. (analogy, mechanics, familiar) milkshake (accidental emulsion of oil and water in an engine)

Descendants

• Danish: mayonnaise
• English: mayonnaise
• Greek: ????????? (magionéza)
• Japanese: ????? (mayon?zu)

Further reading

• “mayonnaise” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

mayonnaise f (plural mayonnaises)

1. Dated spelling of maionese.