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Rhenish

UK/ˈɹɛnɪʃ/US/ˈɹɛnɪʃ/

Rhenish adjective: pertaining to wine produced in the Rhine region.

Adjective

Rhenish (comparative more Rhenish, superlative most Rhenish)

  1. Pertaining to wine produced in the Rhine region.
    • He tooke his rouſe with ſtopes of Rhenniſh wine / So kindly yeſternight to Bruno's health, / That all this day the ſluggard kéepes his bed.1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Mar[lowe], The Tragicall Historie of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. […], London: […] Iohn Wright, […], published 1616 (1631 reprint), →OCLC, signature...
  2. Pertaining to the Rhine river or region.

Noun

Rhenish (uncountable)

  1. A wine from the area around the Rhine.
    • He insists on drinking Rhenish from a stein!
    • A peſtilence on him for a madde rogue, a pourd a flagon of Reniſh on my head once; […]c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604...
  2. The linguistic varieties spoken in the Rhineland, a continuum between traditional dialects and regional forms of Standard German.
    Synonyms:
    Rhinelandic

Synonyms of Rhenish

Forms of Rhenish

comparativemore Rhenish
superlativemost Rhenish
alternative formRhinish
alternative formRheinish
alternative form (obsolete)Renish
alternative form (obsolete)Rennish

Origin of Rhenish

From Rhine + -ish (with the first element taking a Latinate form; see Rhēnus).

Words formed from Rhenish

Phrases with Rhenish

Questions about Rhenish

What does Rhenish mean?
Rhenish means pertaining to wine produced in the Rhine region.
What part of speech is Rhenish?
Rhenish can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Rhenish?
Rhenish is pronounced /ˈɹɛnɪʃ/ (UK).

Words near Rhenish in the dictionary

  1. Rhene
  2. Rhenen
  3. rhenian
  4. rhenic
  5. rheniite
  6. Rhenish
  7. Rhenish Fan
  8. Rhenish Palatinate
  9. rhenium
  10. rheniums
  11. rhenosterbos

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