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lunel

UK/luːˈnɛl/

lunel noun: a type of sweet muscat wine.

lunel: a type of sweet muscat wine
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Noun (1)

lunel (uncountable)

  1. A type of sweet muscat wine.
    • Van looked through his raised lunel at the honeyed sun.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 209

Noun (2)

lunel (plural lunels)

  1. A charge formed by four crescents in cross with their horns pointing inwards.

Proper noun capitalized: Lunel

Lunel

  1. A commune in Hérault department, Occitania, France.

Forms of lunel

plurallunels

Origin of lunel

From Lunel, a town in southern France.

From French lunel, a heraldic term based on lune (“moon”). Compare Spanish lunel, Italian lunello.

Questions about lunel

What does lunel mean?
Lunel means a type of sweet muscat wine.
What part of speech is lunel?
Lunel can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce lunel?
Lunel is pronounced /luːˈnɛl/ (UK).
What is the plural of lunel?
The plural of lunel is lunels.

Words near lunel in the dictionary

  1. Lundys
  2. lune
  3. lune of Hippocrates
  4. Lune River
  5. Luneburg
  6. lunel
  7. lunels
  8. Lunenburg
  9. Lunenburg County
  10. Lunenburg cure
  11. Lunenburg pudding

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