1. A liquid or paste made with seasoned ingredients: Vinegar, wine, oil, spices, and herbs, are used in a marinade in which food is soaked or allowed to stand to give extra flavor and tenderness before cooking.
2. Etymology: from French marinade, "spiced vinegar" or "brine for pickling"; from French mariner, "to pickle in (sea) brine"; from Old French marin, "of the sea"; from Latin marinus.