wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wīn
ipa: /waɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
homophone: whine (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: wines
Etymology: 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.
Senses: examples: text: Wine is usually stronger than beer.
text: "Wine improves with age but I improve with wine," she slurred as she slid gracefully beneath the table.
text: And David's Lips are lock't; but in divine
High piping Péhlevi, with "Wine! Wine! Wine!
Red Wine!" — the Nightingale cries to the Rose
That yellow Cheek of her's to'incarnadine.
ref: 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 2:
text: In Europe then [1925] we thought of wine as something as healthy and normal as food and also as a great giver of happiness and well being and delight. Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary, and I would not have thought of eating a meal without drinking either wine or cider or beer.
ref: 1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 156:
text: Admirers of Israel’s kosher and nonkosher wines need the 2007 edition of “Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines” (Toby Press, $19.95).
ref: 2007 January 14, Howard G. Goldberg, “A Tour of Israel, Bottle by Bottle”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013:
text: The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates promoted wine for various purposes, including reducing fevers and dressing wounds.
ref: 2022 January 22, Jonathan Reiner, “If you think that glass of wine is good for you, it’s time to reconsider”, in CNN:
glosses: An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
examples: text: ...dandelion wine, rice wine, plum wine...
glosses: An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV.
examples: text: I'd like three beers and two wines, please. My friend will have the same.
glosses: A serving of wine.
glosses: The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.
Synonyms: word: wine
word: vino
Hypernyms: word: alcoholic beverage
word: beverage
Hyponyms: word: amontillado
word: apéritif
word: auslese
word: Bacchus
word: Barolo
word: Barsac
word: Beaujolais
word: Beerenauslese
word: blush wine
word: Bordeaux
word: box wine
word: bubbly
word: burgundy
word: cabernet sauvignon
word: canary
word: Catawba
word: cava
word: Chablis
word: champagne
word: chaptalize
word: chardonnay
word: Chianti
word: claret
word: corkage
word: cru
word: cuvée
word: demijohn
word: dandelion wine
word: dessert wine
word: digestif
word: Dionysus
word: double magnum
word: fortified wine
word: Frascati
word: fruit wine
word: gamay
word: generic
word: Gewürztraminer
word: glogg
word: Graves
word: hippocras
word: hock
word: house wine
word: ice wine
word: jeroboam
word: jug wine
word: kir
word: krater
word: Lambrusco
word: LBV
word: lees
word: Liebfraumilch
word: Macon
word: Maconnais
word: malmsey
word: Marsala
word: May wine
word: merlot
word: Methuselah
word: mirin
word: Moselle
word: mulled wine
word: muscatel
word: Orvieto
word: Pinot Noir
word: pinotage
word: plonk
word: port
word: port wine
word: red wine
word: rehoboam
word: retsina
word: riesling
word: Rioja
word: rosé wine
word: sack
word: sangaree
word: sangria
word: sauterne
word: Sauvignon blanc
word: scuppernong
word: Sémillon
word: sherry
word: Soave
word: sommelier
word: sparkling wine
word: spumante
word: spritzer
word: straw wine
word: syrah
word: table wine
word: tent
word: tent wine
word: tinta
word: Valpolicella
word: vermouth
word: vigneron
word: white wine
word: zinfandel
Derived terms: Adam's wine
age like a fine wine
age like fine wine
age like wine
altar wine
amber wine
aperitif wine
apple wine
barley wine
bee wine
bishop's wine
blush wine
bottle of wine
box wine
bread and wine
British wine
bum wine
burglar's wine
cake and wine
cask wine
cheese with your wine
coca wine
concrete oil of wine
country wine
dandelion wine
days of wine and roses
dessert wine
elderberry wine
flowers of wine
fortified wine
fruit wine
ginger wine
good wine needs no bush
grape wine
high wine
honey wine
house wine
ice wine
in wine
jug wine
low wine
made-wine
May wine
mulled wine
new wine
new wine in an old bottle
new wine in an old wineskin
New World wine
nonwine
oil of wine
old wine in a new bottle
old wine in new bottles
orange wine
osmanthus wine
palm wine
palm-wine
palm wine guitar
pear wine
plum wine
pop wine
port wine
port-wine mark
port-wine stain
preach water and drink wine
prison wine
put new wine in old bottles
quaffing wine
realgar wine
red wine
red wine headache
retsina wine
rice wine
rosé wine
Shaoxing wine
snake wine
sops-in-wine
sops of wine
sparkling wine
spirit of wine
spirits of wine
split wine bottle
steel wine
still wine
strawberry wine
straw wine
table wine
tears of wine
tea-wine
tent wine
the truth is in the wine
toilet wine
white wine
wine acid
winearita
wine aunt
winebag
wine ball
wine bar
wineberry
wine-bibber
winebibber
winebibbing
wine biscuit
wine-blue
wine bottle
wine-bottle
wine bottleful
wine-bottleful
winebox
wine cake
wine cave
wine cellar
wine collar
wine-colored
wine-coloured
wine cooler
wine cooper
wine cup
winecup
wine-dark
wine flight
wine fly
wine from unpressed grapes
wineful
wine gallon
wine-glass
wine glass
wineglass
winegrape
wine grape
winegrower
wine grower
wine growing
winegrowing
wine gum
winehall
winehouse
wine key
wine lake
wineland
wineless
winelike
wine list
winelore
winemaker
winemaking
winemaster
winemerchant
wine merchant
wine mom
winemonger
wine moth
wine mum
wine o'clock
wine of opium
wine-ology
wineology
wine palm
winepot
winepress
wine-press
winer
wine rack
wine route
winery
winese
wine server
wineshop
wine shop
wineskin
winesop
winespeak
wine steward
wine stewardess
wine stone
wine stopper
winetaster
wine taster
winetasting
wine tears
wine thief
winetini
wine tosser
winetree
wine-tree
wine trough
winetrough
wine up
winevat
wine vault
wine vinegar
wine waiter
wine waitress
wineware
wine whey
wine-whine merger
wine, women, and song
winish
wino wine
winy
Xeres wine
xionghuang wine
yellow wine
Related terms: word: :Category:Wine