Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ice wine

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English

Syllables
ice wine
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sweet dessert wine made from grapes that are harvested after they have naturally frozen on the vine.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of German Eiswein.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ice wines (plural)

Phrases

late-harvest wine dessert wine ice cider

Frequently Paired Words

late-harvest wine dessert wine ice cider

Questions

What does ice wine mean?
A sweet dessert wine made from grapes that are harvested after they have naturally frozen on the vine.
Where does ice wine come from?
Calque of German Eiswein.

How to pronounce ice wine

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