wine
An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
» We'd like another bottle of wine.
Wir möchten noch eine Flasche Wein.
Мы хотели бы еще бутылку вина.
Принесіть нам ще одну пляшку вина, будь ласка.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
Wine is usually stronger than beer.
"Wine improves with age but I improve with wine," she slurred as she slid gracefully beneath the table.
Wein, Wii (Haut Rhin), Win (Bas Rhin)
вино́vinó
вино́vynó
(countable, uncountable)An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV.
...dandelion wine, rice wine, plum wine...
Wein
вино́vinó
(countable)A serving of wine.
I'd like three beers and two wines, please. My friend will have the same.
a red as dark as red wine
(uncountable)The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.
(UK, dialectal, uncountable)Wind.
Examples
2249 sentencesWe'd like another bottle of wine.
Принесіть нам ще одну пляшку вина, будь ласка.
ruМы хотели бы еще бутылку вина.
deWir möchten noch eine Flasche Wein.
May I see the wine list?
Можна побачити винну карту?
deKann ich bitte die Weinkarte haben?
Give me a bottle of wine.
Дайте мені пляшку вина.
ruДайте мне бутылку вина.
I prefer red wine to white.
Червоне вино мені подобається більше, ніж біле.
ruЯ предпочитаю красное вино белому.
deIch bevorzuge Rotwein gegenüber Weißwein.
Red wine goes well with meat.
Червоне вино добре смакує з м’ясом.
ruКрасное вино хорошо сочетается с мясом.
deRotwein passt gut zu Fleisch.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wyn, win, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from PrFrom 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.
A variant of wind with simplification of the final consonant cluster; for the vowel quality, compare find, mind, rind.
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Forms
plural: winesSynonyms
4 synonyms- a red as dark as red wine:wine-coloredwine-coloured
- fermented juice (of grapes especially):vino
Word family
158 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- bottle of wine
- glass of wine
- red wine
- drink wine
- of red wine
- white wine
- drink red wine
- prefer red wine
- like red wine
- some wine
- sip of wine
- wine by himself