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Pistou meaning

A Provençal cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil, similar to pesto.

Using Pistou

  • The main meaning on this page is: A Provençal cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil, similar to pesto.

Context around Pistou

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

pea 1× nettle 1× basil 1×

Often after:

whipped 1×

Sentence patterns with Pistou

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

of pea pistou whipped chive 1× shouty basil pistou 1× with nettle pistou a french 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at oxalis we 1× even the bread 1×

Common sentence endings:

carrot cardamom puree 1× shouty basil pistou 1× the bar room 1×

Words around Pistou

Just before it in the word index:

pistorius 52 pistons 243 pistono 2 piston 253 pistols 295 pistolis 2

Just after it in the word index:

pistres 2 piszczek 2 pit 1.298 pita 102 pitaevskii 2 pitaka 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Pistou

  • In this selection, "pistou" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, pea, nettle, basil and whipped stand out and add context to how "pistou" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include of pea pistou whipped chive and shouty basil pistou. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pistou" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pistou

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

At Oxalis, we offer a flatbread with nettle pistou (a French olive oil-based sauce, similar to pesto) and housemade lardo in the bar room. (25 words)

It’s the same with a non-meat main of stuffed and baked yellow courgettes with braised borlotti beans enthusiastically lubricated with a shouty basil pistou. (26 words)

Even the bread service, which I’m usually loath to pay for, is sufficiently cheffed-up to warrant the few extra bucks — airy focaccia with a trio of pea pistou, whipped chive butter, and carrot-cardamom puree. (37 words)

Longer example sentences

Even the bread service, which I’m usually loath to pay for, is sufficiently cheffed-up to warrant the few extra bucks — airy focaccia with a trio of pea pistou, whipped chive butter, and carrot-cardamom puree. (37 words)

It’s the same with a non-meat main of stuffed and baked yellow courgettes with braised borlotti beans enthusiastically lubricated with a shouty basil pistou. (26 words)

At Oxalis, we offer a flatbread with nettle pistou (a French olive oil-based sauce, similar to pesto) and housemade lardo in the bar room. (25 words)

Example sentences (3)

Even the bread service, which I’m usually loath to pay for, is sufficiently cheffed-up to warrant the few extra bucks — airy focaccia with a trio of pea pistou, whipped chive butter, and carrot-cardamom puree.

At Oxalis, we offer a flatbread with nettle pistou (a French olive oil-based sauce, similar to pesto) and housemade lardo in the bar room.

It’s the same with a non-meat main of stuffed and baked yellow courgettes with braised borlotti beans enthusiastically lubricated with a shouty basil pistou.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pistou" in a sentence?
An example: "Even the bread service, which I’m usually loath to pay for, is sufficiently cheffed-up to warrant the few extra bucks — airy focaccia with a trio of pea pistou, whipped chive butter, and carrot-cardamom puree." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "pistou" from authentic English texts.
What does "pistou" mean?
Pistou means: A Provençal cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil, similar to pesto.
How many example sentences with "pistou" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "pistou", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.