hollandaise

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noun (1)

hol·​lan·​daise ˌhä-lən-ˈdāz 

: a rich sauce made basically of butter, egg yolks, and lemon juice or vinegar

hollandaise sauce

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noun (2)

variants or less commonly hollandaise

plural -s

: sauce made of butter, yolks of eggs, and lemon juice or vinegar

Examples of hollandaise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Turn egg yolks into hollandaise sauce, then serve it with roasted vegetables or eggs Benedict. — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 12 Aug. 2026

Sundays are perfect for a traditional roast, but the standard menu features a nice selection of British seafood, plus hearty favorites like haddock and chips with mushy peas and Dover sole with brown butter hollandaise. — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Though not make-ahead-able, this recipe's blender-ready hollandaise sauce is worth making the morning of. — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026

That includes dishes such as shrimp po-boy toast with caviar, coddled egg with andouille and tasso, and old bay hollandaise. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

French sauce hollandaise, literally, Dutch sauce

Noun (2)

partial translation of French sauce hollandaise, literally, Dutch sauce, from sauce + hollandaise, feminine of hollandais Dutch, from Hollande Holland, country in northwestern Europe

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1907, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hollandaise

• aldolase
• alleyways
• amylase
• anaphase
• anhydrase
• anyways
• arginase
• cabarets
• carriageways
• castaways
• catalase
• cellulase