sabayon/ˈsabaɪjɒ̃/EtymologyFrom French sabayon, from Italian zabaione, possibly from Latin sabaia (“Illyrian barley beer”, from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste”)) + -one (augmentative suffix).nounSynonym of zabaglione.“An orange-blossom-water sabayon is thickened in the microwave (and I will never again make finicky sabayon any other way).”