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bolognese

bolognese

3 3.2
A meat and tomato sauce served with pasta, often with wide noodles
  • noun
  • /ˌboʊləˈneɪz/
translation icon : boloñesa
  • We rarely eat until 9 PM, and I'm home most of the day, so sometimes I cook stuff in the afternoon which we then heat up, like spaghetti Bolognese, or chili, or whatever.
  • spaghetti bolognese
  • bolognese sauce

My husband's bolognese is stupid delicious.

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Examples

  • Like, it's amazingly good bolognese sauce.

  • I can tell by her expression, as she picks at her spaghetti bolognese, a food that all English people eat when they go abroad.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • I will have the bolognese.

  • For our main we both got the bolognese with a plant based meat sauce.

  • My husband's bolognese is stupid delicious.

  • So we're just going to do the basics of a classic Bolognese sauce.

  • OK, so I, I've not had a really good Bolognese since then.

  • And so I am going to cook Bolognese sauce tonight because it's Oakley's favorite.

  • I make spaghetti squash topped with bolognese sauce, and my husband and I both love it.

    Blog text (21)
  • For dinner, we enjoyed a delicious bowl of bolognese served over fresh spaghetti.

Synonyms

pasta
vsbolognese
255 1.0

Food made from wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, shaped into pieces and boiled, often served with sauce

is a sauce-based dish rather than the boiled dough food
tomato sauce
vsbolognese
20 1.0

A sauce made from cooked tomatoes and herbs for pasta and other dishes

is richer by adding ground meat and herbs, not only tomatoes
spaghetti sauce
vsbolognese
7 1.0

A sauce usually made from tomatoes and herbs to serve with pasta

is not limited to one pasta shape and is a specific meat tomato recipe
pasta sauce
vsbolognese
3 1.0

A food put on pasta to add flavor, often made from tomatoes, cream or oil

is a specific meat and tomato preparation rather than any pasta topping
Bolognese pasta sauce
vsbolognese
2.1

A rich Italian topping for pasta made with ground beef, tomatoes, and vegetables

is the same sauce described more generally as a meat and tomato dish
hearty meat sauce
vsbolognese
2.3

A rich, filling pasta sauce made with a lot of meat, tomatoes and herbs

is similar but names a specific Italian recipe rather than general meatiness
ragù
vsbolognese
4.2

A thick Italian meat sauce slow-cooked and served with pasta or polenta

is similar but does not always stress slow cooking

Compounds

A rich Italian topping for pasta made with ground beef, tomatoes, and vegetables

How Meaty

ragù
4.2
bolognese
3 3.2
tomato sauce
20 1.0
marinara
17 2.0

Surface Forms

bolognese singular
bologneses plural

Morphology

bolognese = Bolognese (semi-transparent) = Bologna + ese

The noun is a conversion from the adjective Bolognese, but the sauce/dish meaning is a conventional culinary label rather than a fully predictable compositional meaning.

Etymology

Bolognese for food comes from a meat sauce made in Bologna called ragù alla bolognese, so when you order bolognese you get a rich meat-and-tomato sauce served with pasta.