malvasia

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

malvasia

/ˌmalvəˈsɪə/ UK
/ˌmælvəˈsi.ə/ US
/ˌmælvəˈzi.ə/ US

Rhymes with -iːə

Where it comes from

From Italian, from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις). Doublet of malvoisie.

noun malvasias

countable, uncountable A variety of grape, originally from the region of the Aegean, now used to make malmsey wine.

Translations

Every language

noun grapevine used to make malmsey

Español	malvasía
Português	malvasia
Français	malvoisie
Deutsch	Malvasier
Italiano	malvasia
Ελληνικά	μαλβαζία malvazía
Русский	мальва́зия malʹvázija

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"malvasia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/malvasia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

malvasia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/malvasia

Chicago

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

BibTeX

@misc{malvasia_2026,
  title = {malvasia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/malvasia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}