Zinfandel

//ˈzɪnfn̩dɛl// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dry red wine of California. countable, uncountable

    "This zinfandel’s delish. Where’d you get it?"

  2. 2
    dry fruity red wine from California wordnet
  3. 3
    A small black grape from which zinfandel wine is made. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    small black grape grown chiefly in California; transplanted from Europe wordnet

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black st. peterscrljenak kaštelanskigioia del collelocalemorelloneplavac veliki

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"This zinfandel’s delish. Where’d you get it?"

Etymology

Unknown origin; wine sense used from 1896, grape sense from 1880. Possibly a transmission of German Zierfandler, a different wine grape, through a Hungarian intermediary such as czirifandli (now Cirfandli).

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white zinfandel

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