Caesar salad

See also: Cæsar salad

English

a Caesar salad

Alternative forms

• Cæsar salad

Etymology

Named after (Italian-born) US restaurateur Caesar Cardini (1896–1956) who is generally thought to have invented it for his Tijuana restaurant in 1924.

Noun

Caesar salad (countable and uncountable, plural Caesar salads)

1. (cooking, countable and uncountable) A type of salad, generally made from romaine lettuce, croutons, parmesan cheese, coddled or hard-boiled eggs, fresh-ground black pepper and Worcestershire sauce.

   Would you like some Caesar salad for lunch?

   Of all the Caesar salads I've tasted, this is the finest.

2. A serving of such salad.

   Would you like a Caesar salad for lunch?

Translations

Caesar salad

• Arabic: سَلَطَة قَيْصَر (salaṭa(t) qayṣar)
• Armenian: Կեսար (Kesar)
• Azerbaijani: sezar salatı
• Bengali: সিজ়ার সালাদ
• Breton: saladenn Caesar f
• Catalan: amanida Cèsar f, ensalada Cèsar f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 凱撒沙律 / 凯撒沙律 (hoi² saat³ sa¹ leut^6-2)

  Mandarin: 愷撒沙拉 / 恺撒沙拉 (Kǎisā shālā), 愷撒色拉 / 恺撒色拉 (Kǎisā sèlā)

• Czech: salát Caesar m
• Danish: cæsarsalat c
• Dutch: caesarsalade (nl) f
• Estonian: Caesari salat
• Finnish: caesarsalaatti
• French: salade César (fr) f
• Galician: ensalada César f
• German: Caesar Salad m
• Greek: σαλάτα του Καίσαρα f (saláta tou Kaísara)
• Hindi: सीज़र सलाद m (sīzar salād)
• Irish: sailéad chaesair m
• Japanese: シーザーサラダ (ja) (Shīzā sarada)
• Korean: 시저 샐러드 (Sijeo saelleodeu)
• Marathi: सीजर सलाड (sījar salāḍ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: cæsarsalat m

  Nynorsk: cæsarsalat m

• Polish: Cezar (pl) m, sałatka Cezar (pl) f
• Portuguese: salada Caesar f, Caesar salad f, salada César f
• Russian: сала́т «Це́зарь» m (salát «Cézarʹ»)
• Spanish: ensalada César f
• Swedish: caesarsallad (sv) c
• Turkish: Sezar salata
• Urdu: سیزر سلاد m (sīzar salād)