hollandaise sauce [hol-uh n-deyz, hol-uh n-deyz] Word Origin noun
- a sauce of egg yolks, butter, lemon juice, and seasonings.
Origin of hollandaise sauce First recorded in 1905–10, hollandaise sauce is from the French word sauce hollandaise Dutch sauce British Dictionary definitions for hollandaise sauce hollandaise sauce noun
- a rich sauce of egg yolks, butter, vinegar, etc, served esp with fish
Word Origin for hollandaise sauce C19: from French sauce hollandaise Dutch sauce