Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cuvée

/kuˈveɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: cu-vee
IPA: /kuˈveɪ/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Wine produced from a mixture of several grape varieties.

noun

The first (and highest quality) grape juice to be produced, from a given batch of gently pressed grapes.

Example Sentences

"In every first pressing there are ordinarily two-thirds of fine wine, one-half third of the wine of the cut, and one-half third of the wine of the press; thus one cuvee of five or six pieces of wine will consist of nine or ten of fine, three or four of taille, and two or three of the press."
"Prestige or luxury cuvées are wines designed for those who prefer greater luxuries than simple vintage wines."

Etymology

From French cuvée, from cuve (“vat, tank”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: cuvée

Inflected Forms

cuvées (plural) cuvee (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce cuvée?: The recorded pronunciation is /kuˈveɪ/.
What does cuvée mean?: Wine produced from a mixture of several grape varieties.
Where does cuvée come from?: It is traced to French.

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