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Rhenish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɛnɪʃ/ (US)
  • /ˈɹinɪʃ/ (US)
  • /ˈɹiːnɪʃ/ (UK)
  • /ˈɹɛnɪʃ/ (UK)

Etymology

From Rhine + -ish (with the first element taking a Latinate form; see Rhēnus).

Meanings

  1. Pertaining to wine produced in the Rhine region.
    • He tooke his rouſe with ſtopes of Rhenniſh wine / So kindly yeſternight to Bruno's health, / That all this day the ſluggard kéepes his bed. 1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Mar[lowe], The Tragicall Historie of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. […], London: […] Iohn Wright, […], published 1616 (1631 reprint), →OCLC, signature E2, verso:
  2. Pertaining to the Rhine river or region.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more Rhenish Degree=Cmp lexicographic
Rennish alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Rhinish alternative lexicographic
Renish alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Rheinish alternative lexicographic
most Rhenish Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

Rhenish fan

Synonyms

Rhenic · Rhenane · Rhenian · Rhinelandic (region-related)

Translations (12)

ga Réineach (pertaining to the river Rhine) · hy հռենոսյան (pertaining to the river Rhine) · de rheinisch (pertaining to the river Rhine) · es renano (pertaining to the river Rhine) · hu rajnai (pertaining to the river Rhine) · ca renà (pertaining to the river Rhine) · fr rhénan (pertaining to the river Rhine) · pt renano (pertaining to the river Rhine) · ru рейнский (pertaining to the river Rhine) · cy Rheinaidd (pertaining to the river Rhine) · bg рейнски (pertaining to the river Rhine) · it renano (pertaining to the river Rhine)

Rhenish en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɛnɪʃ/ (US)
  • /ˈɹinɪʃ/ (US)
  • /ˈɹiːnɪʃ/ (UK)
  • /ˈɹɛnɪʃ/ (UK)

Etymology

From Rhine + -ish (with the first element taking a Latinate form; see Rhēnus).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A wine from the area around the Rhine.
    • A peſtilence on him for a madde rogue, a pourd a flagon of Reniſh on my head once; […] c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
    • He insists on drinking Rhenish from a stein!
  2. (uncountable) The linguistic varieties spoken in the Rhineland, a continuum between traditional dialects and regional forms of Standard German.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Rheinish alternative lexicographic
Rhinish alternative lexicographic
Rennish alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Renish alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

Low Rhenish

Synonyms

Rhinelandic

Translations (2)

pt renano (regional form of High German) · de Rheinisch (regional form of High German)