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amarone

/ˌɑməˈɹoʊneɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
ama-ro-ne
IPA
/ˌɑməˈɹoʊneɪ/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Italian full-bodied ruby to garnet red wine, characterized by a pungent, almost bitter taste. It is made in the Valpolicella region from dried-after-picking grapes of the Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara varieties.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Amarone.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

First attested in the 1950s–60s; from Italian amarone, augmentative form of amaro (“bitter”), a likely calque of Venetan amaron.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: amarone, amaron

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌɑməˈɹoʊneɪ/
  • British English: /ˌaməˈɹəʊnɪ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Amarones (plural)

Rhymes With

tony sony pony toni phony tyrone stony bologna bony macaroni joni oni

Questions

How do you pronounce amarone?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɑməˈɹoʊneɪ/.
What does amarone mean?
An Italian full-bodied ruby to garnet red wine, characterized by a pungent, almost bitter taste. It is made in the Valpolicella region from dried-after-picking grapes of the Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara varieties.
Where does amarone come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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