Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal.

    Portwein

    портве́йнportvéjn

    портве́йнportvéjn

    sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal

Examples

1 sentences
  1. I like port wine.

    deIch mag Portwein. — Luiaard

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Translations

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Origin

Calque of Portuguese vinho do Porto, wherein the city name Porto is etymologically identic

Calque of Portuguese vinho do Porto, wherein the city name Porto is etymologically identical to the word porto (“port”).

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Forms

plural: port wines
Singularport wine
Pluralport wines

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal:port

Word family

2 related words

See also

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