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zinfandel

US/ˈzɪnfn̩dɛl/

zinfandel noun: a dry red wine of California.

Noun

zinfandel (countable and uncountable, plural zinfandels)

  1. A dry red wine of California.
    • This zinfandel’s delish. Where’d you get it?2008, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots: 419
  2. A small black grape from which zinfandel wine is made.

Synonyms of zinfandel

  • Black St. Peters
  • Crljenak Kaštelanski
  • Gioia Del Colle
  • Locale
  • Morellone
  • Plavac Veliki
  • Primaticcio
  • Primativo
  • Primitivo
  • Primitivo Di Gioia
13 more synonymsFewer synonyms
  • Primitivo Nero
  • Taranto
  • Uva Della Pergola
  • Uva Di Corato
  • Zeinfandall
  • Zenfendal
  • Zin
  • Zinfandal
  • Zinfardel
  • Zinfardell
  • Zinfindal
  • Zinfindel
  • ZPC

All synonyms of zinfandel

Forms of zinfandel

pluralzinfandels

Origin of zinfandel

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).

Words formed from zinfandel

Questions about zinfandel

What does zinfandel mean?
Zinfandel means a dry red wine of California.
What part of speech is zinfandel?
Zinfandel is a noun.
How do you pronounce zinfandel?
Zinfandel is pronounced /ˈzɪnfn̩dɛl/ (US).
What is the plural of zinfandel?
The plural of zinfandel is zinfandels.

Words near zinfandel in the dictionary

  1. ziner
  2. ziners
  3. zines
  4. zinester
  5. zinesters
  6. zinfandel
  7. zinfandels
  8. zing
  9. Zingale
  10. Zingales
  11. zingana

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