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zinfandel

/ˈzɪnfn̩dɛl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables
zin-fan-del
IPA
/ˈzɪnfn̩dɛl/
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dry red wine of California.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A small black grape from which zinfandel wine is made.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

  • "This zinfandel’s delish. Where’d you get it?"

Etymology

Unknown origin; wine sense used from 1896, grape sense from 1880. Possibly a transmission of German Zierfandler, a different wine grape, through a Hungarian intermediary such as czirifandli (now Cirfandli).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈzɪnfn̩dɛl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

zinfandels (plural)

Phrases

white zinfandel

Synonyms

Black St. Peters Crljenak Kaštelanski Gioia Del Colle Locale Morellone Plavac Veliki Primaticcio Primativo Primitivo Primitivo Di Gioia Primitivo Nero Taranto

Questions

How do you pronounce zinfandel?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈzɪnfn̩dɛl/.
What does zinfandel mean?
A dry red wine of California.
Where does zinfandel come from?
It is traced to German.

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