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Caesar Salad Pronunciation
Caesar Salad is pronounced SEE-zer-SA-luhd, IPA /ˈsizɝ ˈsæləd/.
SEE-zer-SA-luhd
US /ˈsizɝ ˈsæləd/ · UK /ˈsiːzə ˈsæləd/
Syllables: SEE · zer · SA · luhd (4 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun phrase: A salad of romaine lettuce and croutons in a dressing of anchovy, garlic, egg and parmesan.
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Caesar Salad in a Sentence
- I ordered a caesar salad and a glass of white wine.
- Her caesar salad uses real anchovies rather than a bottled dressing.
- Every menu on the street seems to offer a caesar salad.
Common Mispronunciations of Caesar Salad
Not SEE-zer-suh-LAHD
Salad holds its weight at the front and finishes on a weak luhd that rhymes with ballad.
Not SEE-zahr-SA-luhd
An -ar ending after a stressed syllable reduces to a faint er, nothing like the ahr of car.
Tip: Named after Caesar Cardini, who ran a restaurant in Tijuana, so the emperor had nothing to do with it.
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