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mayonnaise

thick, creamy sauce often used as a condiment, composed primarily of egg yolks and oil
Thing condiment Q167893
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Summary

mayonnaise is a condiment[1]. mayonnaise ranks in the top 5% of condiment entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,759 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: Maó[3]
  • Made from material: chicken egg[4], mustard[5], vinegar[6], oil[7]
  • Subclass of: sauce[8], Q26835639[9], emulsion[10], condiment[11]
  • Commons category: Mayonnaise[12]
  • Country of origin: France[13]
  • Has part(s): egg yolk[14], cooking oil[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mayonnaise[16]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18]
  • Native label: mayonnaise[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]

Why It Matters

mayonnaise has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] mayonnaise is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

France Maó

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → mayonnaise
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: mayonnaise, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948103|mayonnaise (#289948103)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4MtT5q
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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