Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bual
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variety of madeira (wine) that is less sweet than malmsey.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of Boal (“wine grape”).

Example Sentences

"While most pedestrian Madeira is made from a utilitarian grape, the tinta negra mole, the best blends and vintages are created from one of seven noble grapes. The predominant ones are sercial, verdelho, bual (boal) and malvasia (malmsey). […] Bual offers sustained caramel and smoke and moderate sweetness."

Etymology

From Portuguese boal.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: boal

Usage

Inflected Forms

buals (plural)

Questions

What does bual mean?: A variety of madeira (wine) that is less sweet than malmsey.
Where does bual come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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