aioli

noun

ai·​o·​li (ˌ)ī-ˈō-lē 

(ˌ)ā-

: a mayonnaise flavored with garlic and sometimes other ingredients (such as red pepper)

Examples of aioli in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The bulgogi burger has a very slight Korean flavor — what mostly comes through is the delicious Peterson beef, topped simply with American cheese, aioli, romaine and caramelized onion and nestled into a squishy brioche bun. —Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025

Detroit paced the Central for almost the entire season … only to trip over itself, fall down a flight of stairs coated in aioli, and land on a whoopee cushion in front of its crush. —Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025

Expect high-end snacks like Larson’s crab toast with brown butter aioli and pickled fresno or his butterbean hummus. —Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025

Snacks include crispy lake perch with whitefish tonnato, prawns with Campari aioli, and smoked mackerel with pretzels and mustard zabaglione. —Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Occitan, from ai garlic + oli oil

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for aioli

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