chardonnay

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Chardonnay¹

  • /ˌʃɑː(ɹ)dəˈneɪ/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French chardonnay, believed to be named after the village of Chardonnay in the Mâconnais region of France, where Pouilly-Fuissé is currently produced; it is possible that the variety was first bred there

noun Chardonnays · chardonnay

  1. countable A green-skinned grape variety used to make a white wine.
  2. uncountable A variety of wine made from this grape.

chardonnay²

noun chardonnays

  1. countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of Chardonnay

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: chardonnay grape, pinot chardonnay, grape, buttery, white grape, chard, sweetwater, gewürztraminer, wine grape, wachenheimer, kadarka, cabernet sauvignon, chaush, merlot, varietal, cépage

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noun grape

日本語シャルドネ sharudone
中文霞多麗 /霞多丽 Xiáduōlì, 莎當妮 /莎当妮 Shādāngnī, 夏敦埃 Xiàdūn'āi
PortuguêsChardonnay
Françaischardonnay
DeutschChardonnay-Traube
Русскийшардоне́ šardonɛ́

noun wine

Españolchardonay
日本語シャルドネ Sharudone
中文霞多麗 /霞多丽 Xiáduōlì, 莎當妮 /莎当妮 Shādāngnī, 夏敦埃 Xiàdūn'āi
PortuguêsChardonnay
Françaischardonnay
DeutschChardonnay
Русскийшардоне́ šardonɛ́

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Chicago

"chardonnay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chardonnay.

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@misc{chardonnay_2026,
  title = {chardonnay},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chardonnay},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}