white wine en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English white wyn, whit win.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Light-colored wine (usually yellow with a hint of green but not pink).
In contrast to making red wine, the juice for white wine is fermented without the skins and seeds.
2005, Barbara Nowak, Beverly Wichman, The Everything Wine Book:
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(countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) Gin.
Jack Randall then impatient rose, / And said, ‘Tom's speech were just as fine / If he would call that first of goes / By that genteeler name—white wine.'
1820, Thomas Moore, W. Simpkin, R. Marshall, Jack Randall's Diary of Proceedings at the House of Call for Genius:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| white wines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
orange wine · red wine · rosé wine
Relateds
Translations (63)
sh бијело вино (light coloured wine) · es vino blanco (light coloured wine) · sk biele víno (light coloured wine) · gd fìon-geal (light coloured wine) · km ស្រាស (light coloured wine) · ar نَبِيذ أَبْيَض (light coloured wine) · ga fíon bán (light coloured wine) · nds-de Wittwien (light coloured wine) · tr beyaz şarap (light coloured wine) · nl witte wijn (light coloured wine) · ca vi blanc (light coloured wine) · pt vinho branco (light coloured wine) · gv feeyn gial (light coloured wine) · kw gwin gwynn (light coloured wine) · sh бело вино (light coloured wine) · nn kvitvin (light coloured wine) · cy gwin gwyn (light coloured wine) · el λευκό κρασί (light coloured wine) · nrf blianc vîn (light coloured wine) · cs bílé víno (light coloured wine) · tl bino-blangko (light coloured wine) · lv baltvīns (light coloured wine) · ga fíon geal (light coloured wine) · sv vitt vin (light coloured wine) · ru бе́лое вино́ (light coloured wine) · be бе́лае віно́ (light coloured wine) · ja 白葡萄酒 (light coloured wine) · da hvidvin (light coloured wine) · it vino bianco (light coloured wine) · is hvítvín (light coloured wine) · ka თეთრი ღვინო (light coloured wine) · ms wain putih (light coloured wine) · ja 白ワイン (light coloured wine) · ko 백포도주 (light coloured wine) · fr vin blanc (light coloured wine) · sh bijelo vino (light coloured wine) · cmn 白葡萄酒 (light coloured wine) · sv vitvin (light coloured wine) · uk бі́ле вино́ (light coloured wine) · et valge vein (light coloured wine) · hrx Weiswein (light coloured wine) · fo hvítvín (light coloured wine) · eu ardo zuri (light coloured wine) · gl viño branco (light coloured wine) · fi valkoviini (light coloured wine) · nb kvitvin (light coloured wine) · de Weißwein (light coloured wine) · ar خَمْر أَبْيَض (light coloured wine) · hy սպիտակ գինի (light coloured wine) · bg бя́ло вино́ (light coloured wine) · se vilgesviidni (light coloured wine) · he יַיִן לָבָן (light coloured wine) · mk бе́ло ви́но (light coloured wine) · tl puting bino (light coloured wine) · lt baltasis vynas (light coloured wine) · hu fehérbor (light coloured wine) · sh belo vino (light coloured wine) · sl belo vino (light coloured wine) · pl białe wino (light coloured wine) · sq verë e bardhë (light coloured wine) · nb hvitvin (light coloured wine) · ro vin alb (light coloured wine) · mt nbid abjad (light coloured wine)