English Online Dictionary. What means wine? What does wine mean?
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: wīn, IPA(key): /waɪn/
- Rhymes: -aɪn
- Homophone: whine (wine–whine merger)
Etymology 1
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.
Noun
wine (countable and uncountable, plural wines)
- An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
- An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV.
- (countable) A serving of wine.
- (uncountable) The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.
Hyponyms
- (fermented grape juice): See Thesaurus:wine
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
wine (third-person singular simple present wines, present participle wining, simple past and past participle wined)
- (transitive) To entertain (someone) with wine.
- (intransitive) To drink wine.
Usage notes
The homophony of wine (and wining) with whine (and whining) is sometimes a point of humor, as with would you like some cheese with your /waɪn/? or if you're going to be whining then I need to be wining.
Derived terms
- wine and dine, wining and dining
Translations
See also
Etymology 2
A variant of wind with simplification of the final consonant cluster; for the vowel quality, compare find, mind, rind.
Noun
wine (uncountable)
- (British dialect) Wind.
Etymology 3
From Jamaican Creole [Term?], related to wind (verb).
Verb
wine (third-person singular simple present wines, present participle wining, simple past and past participle wined)
- (dance, intransitive) To perform a Jamaican dance, such as the Dutty Wine.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English wine, from earlier wini.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwin(ə)/
Noun
wine (plural wines or wine) (Early Middle English)
- friend
- relative
References
- “wine, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Verb
wine
- Alternative form of wyn (“wine”)
Etymology 3
Verb
wine
- Alternative form of winnen (“to win”)
Related terms
- wiþerwine
Etymology 4
Noun
wine
- Alternative form of vine (“grapevine”)
Middle High German
Alternative forms
- win
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German wini.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈwinə/
Noun
wine m
- friend
Declension
Muna
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binəhiq, from Proto-Austronesian *binəSiq.
Noun
wine
- seed
- seedlings
North Frisian
Etymology
See the main entry.
Pronunciation
- (Mooring) IPA(key): [ˈvɪnə]
Verb
wine
- (Mooring) Alternative form of wune (“to win”)
Conjugation
Old English
Etymology
From earlier Old English wini, from Proto-West Germanic *wini, from Proto-Germanic *winiz, whence also Old Dutch wini, Old Saxon wini, Old High German wini, Old Norse vinr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to seek, desire, love, win”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwi.ne/
Noun
wine m
- (poetic) friend
Usage notes
Used as a second element of many personal names. It could be appended to mythical creatures as in Ælfwine (“elf friend”) and Entwine (“giant friend”); or animals as in Lēowine (“lion friend”) and Wulfwine (“wolf friend”); or inanimate objects as in Goldwine (“gold friend”) and Dūnwine (“hill friend”); or locations as in Centwine (“Kent friend”); or features of nature as in Sǣwine (“sea friend”) and Æsċwine (“ash friend”); or kinds of people as in Pihtwine (“Pict friend”) and Bregowine (“prince friend”); or abstract concepts as in Ēadwine (“prosperity/happiness friend”) and Bōtwine (“repair/penance friend”). It was also often used with adjectives, usually praising the owner of the name, as in Beorhtwine (“bright friend”) and Ealdwine (“old friend”).
Declension
Strong i-stem:
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: wine
- ⇒ English: (a component found in names – Baldwin, Godwin, Irwin, etc.)
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “wine”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[3], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wini, from Proto-Germanic *winiz.
Noun
wine m
- friend
- Synonym: friūnd
Descendants
- North Frisian: wenn
References
- Hofmann, Dietrich, Tjerk Popkema, Anne with co-op. Gisela Hofmann (2008) Altfriesisches Handwörterbuch [Old Frisian Concise Dictionary][4] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN
Unami
Etymology
- /win/: of snow, snowy
- /e/: verb marker
- /-w/: third person suffix
Verb
wine (inanimate intransitive)
- (inanimate, intransitive) it snows, it is snowing
Related terms
- kun
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wine”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project