"wine" in seven languages
Meaningwine
Spanish
vino
/ˈbino/
masc.inherited
French
vin
/vɛ̃/
masc.inherited
Italian
vino
/ˈvino/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
vinho
/ˈviɲu/
masc.inherited
Romanian
vin
/vin/
neut.inherited
plural: vinuri
Catalan
vi
/vi/
masc.inherited
Red wine in Catalan is vi negre, 'black wine'.
English
wine
/waɪn/
from Latin/French · Old English wīn (an early Germanic loan from Latin)
English → ItalianwinevinoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
VĪNUM‘wine’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian write the same vino but say it differently: Spanish v is pronounced exactly like b. English wine is the same Latin word, borrowed by Germanic tribes from Roman traders.
English relatives: wine (an early Germanic loan from VĪNUM), vine, vinegar, vintage
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In a sentence
- esUna copa de vino tinto, por favor.
- frUn verre de vin rouge, s'il vous plaît.
- itUn bicchiere di vino rosso, per favore.
- ptUma taça de vinho tinto, por favor.
- roUn pahar de vin roșu, vă rog.
- caUna copa de vi negre, si us plau.
- enA glass of red wine, please.