wine

CEFRA1

/ˈwaɪ̯n/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes or other fruit.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A serving of wine.

Examples

  • The excellent menu is complemented by a good wine list.

  • You bought the food, so if I buy the wine that will even things up.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.

  2. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV.

  3. The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.

More examples

In context

  • Wine is poetry in bottles.

  • "Wine improves with age but I improve with wine," she slurred as she slid gracefully beneath the table.

  • ...dandelion wine, rice wine, plum wine...

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English wyn, win, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną, either directly or via Latin vīnum (from Proto-Italic *wīnom) from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“wine”). Doublet of vine and vino. Cognate with Dutch wijn, German Wein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vin, Faroese and Icelandic vín.