sherry
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sherry¹
- /ˈʃɛɹi/
Rhymes with -ɛɹi
Where it comes from
Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former spelling of Spanish Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish).
noun sherries
- A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere. He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binocul
- A variety of sherry. They produce several quality sherries.
- A glass of sherry. Would you like a sherry?
Sherry²
proper noun Sherrys · Cheri · Sheri · Sherri
- A female given name from English, from the sherry wine, or a variant of Cheri. Sherry Turkle, a psychologist and an M.I.T. professor who worked with Weizenbaum, coined the term the “Eliza Effect” to describe people convincing themselves that a technology that seemed human was more intelligent, perceptive and complex than it actually was.
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cherry, turkle, cobblers, game, turkic, dd, jerez, suzanna, cherie, sheri, chery, ortner, arnstein, shiri, uh-huh, sack
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noun fortified wine
| Español | jerez |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 셰리 syeri, 셰리 주 syeri ju |
| 日本語 | シェリー sherī, シェリー酒 sherī-shu |
| 中文 | 雪利酒 xuělì-jiǔ |
| Português | xerez |
| Français | xérès, jerez |
| Deutsch | Sherry |
| Italiano | sherry, xeres |
| Русский | хе́рес xéres, ше́рри šérri |
| العربية | شِيرِي širī, خَمْرَة ḵamra |
noun glass of sherry
| Español | vaso m de jerez |
|---|---|
| Français | xérès, verre m de xérès, verre de jerez |
| Italiano | bicchiere m di sherry |
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title = {sherry},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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