wine-dark
weinfarben, weindunkel
A specific color among several that represent red wineA specific color among several that represent red wine.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A specific color among several that represent red wine.
weinfarben, weindunkel
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
dark like wine:
Origin
The traditional translation/calque of Ancient Greek οἶνοψ (oînops, “with the appearance ofThe traditional translation/calque of Ancient Greek οἶνοψ (oînops, “with the appearance of wine”), equivalent to wine + dark.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.