wine

A2 Topic:Food & Drink

US /waɪn/ See IPA manual

Homophones

whine /waɪn/

Minimal pairs

Sounds like vine /v/ vs /w/

Freq #1038

Meanings

1

noun
An alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes.

Wine is usually stronger than beer.
2

noun
A glass or serving of wine.

I'd like three beers and two wines, please.
3

verb
To entertain someone with food and drink, usually as 'wine and dine'.

Our relatives wined and dined us for a week in Italy.

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Synonyms

vino

Word family

Forms winedwineswining

Derived forms made-winenonwinepalm-winesops-in-winetea-winewine-bibberwine-bluewine-bottlewine-bottlefulwine-coloredwine-colouredwine-dark

Related forms beeswingbourguignonnebrandy claretenologyenophilegluhweinnegusoenologyoenomeloenophilevinaceous

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Simplified etymology

Wine descends from Latin vinum, “wine,” and is historically the same word as vine. The same Latin source also lies behind vinegar, vintage, and, more distantly, vinyl.

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.

*weh₁y- Proto-Indo-European wyn Middle English wīn Old English *wīn Proto-West Germanic *wīną Proto-Germanic vīnum Latin *wīnom Proto-Italic *wóyh₁nom Proto-Indo-European

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# wine

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /waɪn/
**Frequency rank:** 1038

## Meanings
1. An alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes.
2. A glass or serving of wine.
3. To entertain someone with food and drink, usually as 'wine and dine'.

## Examples
- Wine is usually stronger than beer.
- I'd like three beers and two wines, please.
- Our relatives wined and dined us for a week in Italy.

## Synonyms
- vino

## Derived Forms
- made-wine
- nonwine
- palm-wine
- sops-in-wine
- tea-wine
- wine-bibber
- wine-blue
- wine-bottle
- wine-bottleful
- wine-colored
- wine-coloured
- wine-dark

## Related Forms
- beeswing
- bourguignonne
- brandy
- claret
- enology
- enophile
- gluhwein
- negus
- oenology
- oenomel
- oenophile
- vinaceous

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *weh₁y-
- Root: wyn
- Root: wīn
- Root: *wīn
- Root: *wīną
- Root: vīnum
- Root: *wīnom
- Root: *wóyh₁nom

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Wine is 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. Important historical forms include Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-, Middle English wyn, Old English wīn, Proto-West Germanic *wīn, Proto-Germanic *wīną, Latin vīnum, and Proto-Italic *wīnom. In present-day use, it can mean a alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes, or a glass or serving of wine.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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