Wine
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wine¹
- /ˈwaɪ̯n/
- [ˈwaɪ̯n]
Sounds like whine (wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -aɪn
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-?
Proto-Indo-European *-ō
Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder.
Proto-Italic *wīnom
Latin vīnumbor.
Proto-Germanic *wīną
Proto-West Germanic *wīn
Old English wīn
Middle English wyn
English wine
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 Saterland Frisian Wien, West Frisian wyn, Dutch wijn, German Wein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vin, Faroese and Icelandic vín.
noun wines
- An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%. Wine is usually stronger than beer.
- An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV. ...dandelion wine, rice wine, plum wine...
- A serving of wine. I'd like three beers and two wines, please. My friend will have the same.
- The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.
verb wines · wining · wined
- To entertain (someone) with wine. Neither Major Wadhams nor I is accustomed to being wined and dined by perfect strangers who do not even present themselves, but leave servants to do the honors, consequently to both of us our present situation smacks of romance and adventure;
- To drink wine. I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined, and went to bed sobbing.
wine²
- /ˈwaɪ̯n/
- [ˈwaɪ̯n]
Sounds like whine (wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -aɪn
Where it comes from
A variant of wind with simplification of the final consonant cluster; for the vowel quality, compare find, mind, rind.
The same variation of the root wind- → win- is also found in dialectal North Germanic: vind- → vin-. Also compare English whine, Swedish vina.
wine³
- /ˈwaɪ̯n/
- [ˈwaɪ̯n]
Sounds like whine (wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -aɪn
Where it comes from
From Jamaican Creole [Term?], related to wind (verb).
verb wines · wining · wined
- To perform a Jamaican dance, such as the Dutty Wine. Carolina come wine 'pon me / Oh watch how di gyal groove
Wine⁴
Where it comes from
* As an English surname, from the noun wine.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Wein.
proper noun Wines · WINE
- A surname.
- Acronym of Windows Emulator.Windows Emulator
- Acronym of Wine is not an emulator.Wine is not an emulator
WINE⁵
proper noun
- Alternative form of Wine.Wine
