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grigio

grigio noun: a Pinot Grigio wine.

Noun

grigio (plural grigios)

  1. (informal) A Pinot Grigio wine.
    • Like good wine, if you'll let me get a wee bit elitist on you. You probably won't know the difference between a chardonnay and a grigio on first tasting, even if you know they aren't quite the same.1998, Mike Hoye, “Racquet advice for newbie”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet)
    • "Latte and a grigio," the waiter agreed.2006, Laurie R King, The art of detection

Forms of grigio

pluralgrigios

Origin of grigio

From Pinot Grigio, Italian form of French Pinot gris, "gray Pinot".

Questions about grigio

What does grigio mean?
Grigio means a Pinot Grigio wine.
What part of speech is grigio?
Grigio is a noun.
What is the plural of grigio?
The plural of grigio is grigios.

Words near grigio in the dictionary

  1. griggles
  2. griggling
  3. Griggs
  4. Griggs County
  5. Griggses
  6. grigio
  7. grigios
  8. Grigiškės
  9. griglan
  10. griglans
  11. Grignard

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