Wine

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Transitive verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Intransitive verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Related terms 1.6 See also

English

Pronunciation

• wīn, /waɪn/, /waIn/

  Homophones: whine (depends on dialect)

Noun

wine (uncountable and countable; plural: wines )

1. An alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of grapes.
2. An alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes (usually preceded by the name of the fruit or vegetable; for example, "dandelion wine").
3. (uncountable) A dark purplish red colour; the colour of red wine.
4. (Computer Science) An interface that allows Windows® programs to run under UNIX and Linux.

Translations

alcoholic beverage made from grapes

Breton: gwin m -où plural Bulgarian: вино Catalan: vi m (ca) Czech: víno n Dutch: wijn  : vein Finnish: viini French: vin m Frisian: wyn German: Wein m (de) Greek: κρασί n, οίνος m Hebrew: יין m

Hungarian: bor Indonesian: anggur , minuman anggur Italian: vino m Japanese: ワイン (wain), 葡萄酒 (ぶどうしゅ) Persian: می (may) Polish: wino Romanian: vin n Slovene: vino n Spanish: vino m Swedish: vin n

alcoholic beverage made from other fruit or vegetables

Breton: gwin m -où plural Bulgarian: вино German: Wein m

Japanese: 酒 (さけ 　sake) Slovene: vino n Swedish: vin n

colour

Bulgarian: бордо viininpunainen German: Weinrot n

Swedish: vinröd

Transitive verb

to wine (Inflected forms: wined, wining, wines)

1. To entertain with wine.

Translations

entertain with wine

Intransitive verb

1. To drink wine.

to wine (Inflected forms: wined, wining, wines)

Translations

drink wine

French: boire du vin

Italian: bere del vino, bere il vino

Related terms

• wine and dine
• wine bottle
• wine glass
• wine list
• wine waiter

See also

• Wikipedia article on wine
• List of colours