claret

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈklɛrət/ UK /ˈklærət/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a dry red Bordeaux wine, or its deep purplish-red color

He poured a glass of claret and settled by the fire.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a dry red bordeaux wine, or... bordeauxwine burgundy maroon

Word family

Related forms clarify clarity clear

Simplified etymology

Claret comes from Old French vin claret, meaning “clear wine.” It originally denoted a light red or yellowish wine, broadened around 1600 to red wine generally, and now refers especially to red Bordeaux wine. Its slang use for blood, originally associated with boxing, is recorded from at least 1604.

Etymology

From Old French (vin) claret ('clear, light-colored wine'), from cler/clair ('clear'), from Latin clarus ('clear, bright').

claret Old French clarus Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities

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# claret

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈklɛrət/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈklærət/

## Meanings
1. a dry red Bordeaux wine, or its deep purplish-red color

## Examples
- He poured a glass of claret and settled by the fire.

## Synonyms
- bordeaux
- wine
- burgundy
- maroon

## Related Forms
- clarify
- clarity
- clear

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: claret
- Root: clarus

## Etymology
From Old French (vin) claret ('clear, light-colored wine'), from cler/clair ('clear'), from Latin clarus ('clear, bright').

## AI Etymology
Claret comes from Old French (vin) claret ('clear, light-colored wine'), from cler/clair ('clear'), from Latin clarus ('clear, bright'). The historical trail runs through claret in Old French and clarus in Latin. Used as a noun and adjective, claret now means "a dry red Bordeaux wine, or its deep purplish-red color", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as clarify, clarity, and clear. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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