sauce brune

French

Etymology

From sauce (“sauce”) +‎ brune (“brown”). From being a brown-colored sauce.

Noun

sauce brune f (plural sauces brunes) (lit. brown sauce)

  1. brown sauce
  2. gravy

Hyponyms
  • sauce hot chicken / sauce à hot chicken (“hot chicken sauce”) (sauce for preparing a hot chicken (“hot chicken sandwich”) (shredded chicken between two pieces of sliced white bread, slathered in gravy, topped with peas))
  • sauce poutine / sauce à poutine (“poutine sauce”) (the regular sauce used in a poutine)
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