Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.

    Sherry

    хе́ресxéres, ше́рриšérri

    dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif

  2. (uncountable, usually)A variety of sherry.

    They produce several quality sherries.

    хе́ресxéres

  3. (uncountable, usually)A glass of sherry.

    Would you like a sherry?

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Do you have any sherry?

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  2. Serve with soy sauce, rice vinegar, or sherry.

    deMit Sojasoße, Reisessig oder Sherry servieren.

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  3. Gabriel took nothing but the hot soup and a little sherry.

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  4. Sherry's mother had taught her to start grooming her horse by brushing its flanks.

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  5. Yes, I'll have sherry.

    Так, я вип'ю хересу.

    ruДа, я выпью хереса.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
fortified wine:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
fortified wine:

Origin

Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres

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).

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