Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snake wine

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: snake wine
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Asian alcoholic beverage produced by infusing whole snakes in rice wine or grain alcohol, and traditionally believed to have curative effects.

Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 蛇酒 (shéjiǔ).

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

snake wines (plural)

Questions

What does snake wine mean?: An Asian alcoholic beverage produced by infusing whole snakes in rice wine or grain alcohol, and traditionally believed to have curative effects.
Where does snake wine come from?: Calque of Chinese 蛇酒 (shéjiǔ).

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