vintner
/ˈvɪntnɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A manufacturer of wine.
Etymology
From Middle English vyntener, variant of viniter, from Old French vineter, vinetier (“wine-merchant, grape-harvester”), from Medieval Latin vīnētārius (“wine dealer”), from vīnētum (“vineyard”), from vīnum (“wine”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: vyntener, vineter, vīnētārius
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvɪntnɚ/
- British English: /ˈvɪntnə/