Olivier salad

English thumb Etymology en Lucien Olivier = Russian chef of Belgian origin 1838 1883, who invented it in the 1860s. Compare ru оливье́ and uk олів'є́. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Olivier salad.wav Southern England Noun ~ A traditional Russian salad of mainly boiled vegetables dressed with mayonnaise. en Moscow salad Russian salad Olivier en-GB Steve Rosenberg Moscow is awash with tinsel and lights but ‘Christmas as usual’ is just an illusion The Guardian 2023-12-23 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/23/moscow-awash-with-tinsel-and-lights-but-christmas-as-usual-an-illusion 0261-3077 Before they open their presents, Russians enjoy their traditional New Year’s Eve feast. Across 11 timezones, families will tuck into Olivier salad (potatoes, carrots, peas, pickled cucumbers, eggs, sausage and mayonnaise) and “herring under a fur coat”. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018132204/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/23/moscow-awash-with-tinsel-and-lights-but-christmas-as-usual-an-illusion 18 October 2026 Translations traditional Russian salad of boiled vegetables with mayonnaise Armenian: hy օլիվիե Catalan: ca ensalada russa f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 俄羅斯沙律 ngo4 lo4 si1 saa1 leot6-2, yue 俄國沙律 ngo4 gwok3 saa1 leot6-2 Mandarin: cmn 俄羅斯沙拉 Éluósī shālā, cmn 俄國沙拉 Éguó shālā Danish: da italiensk salat c Dutch: nl huzarensalade m f Finnish: fi italiansalaatti French: fr salade russe f German: de Oliviersalat m, de Salat Olivier m Hungarian: hu franciasaláta Italian: it insalata russa f Macedonian: mk ру́ска са́лата f Persian: fa الویه oleviye Polish: pl sałatka jarzynowa f Portuguese: pt salada russa f Russian: ru оливье́ m n Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh ру̏ска̄ сала́та f Latin: sh rȕskā saláta f Spanish: es ensalada rusa f Swedish: sv legymsallad c Turkish: tr Rus salatası, tr Amerikan salatası Ukrainian: uk олів'є́ m n en Foods Salads