wine

/waɪn/

wine

English Noun Top 1,050

American (Lessac) (medium)

Female 0.7s

American (Amy) (medium)

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American (Ryan) (medium)

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Definition

An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.

Etymology

From 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.

Example Sentences

"Wine is usually stronger than beer."
""Wine improves with age but I improve with wine," she slurred as she slid gracefully beneath the table."
"And David's Lips are lock't; but in divine High piping Péhlevi, with "Wine! Wine! Wine! Red Wine!" — the Nightingale cries to the Rose That yellow Cheek of her's to'incarnadine."