zinfandel

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zinfandel

  • /ˈzɪnfn̩dɛl/ US

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Unknown origin; wine sense used from 1896, grape sense from 1880. Possibly a transmission of German Zierfandler, a different wine grape, through a Hungarian intermediary such as czirifandli (now Cirfandli).

noun zinfandels

  1. countable, uncountable A dry red wine of California. This zinfandel’s delish. Where’d you get it?
  2. countable, uncountable A small black grape from which zinfandel wine is made.

Similar: Black St. Peters, Crljenak Kaštelanski, Gioia Del Colle, Locale, Morellone, Plavac Veliki, Primaticcio, Primativo, Primitivo, Primitivo Di Gioia, Primitivo Nero, Taranto, Uva Della Pergola, Uva Di Corato, Zeinfandall, Zenfendal, Zin, zin, Zinfandal, Zinfardel, Zinfardell, Zinfindal, Zinfindel, ZPC

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noun dry red wine

עבריתזינפנדל

noun small black grapes

עבריתזינפנדל

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

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

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@misc{zinfandel_2026,
  title = {zinfandel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zinfandel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}