pinot

See also: Pinot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pinot, a type of vine, from earlier pineau.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpiːnoʊ/, /ˈpinoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -iːnəʊ

Noun

pinot (countable and uncountable, plural pinots)

  1. Any of several grape varieties grown in Europe and North America.
    • 2012, Grant Achatz, Nick Kokonas, Life, on the Line, Penguin, →ISBN:
      “Grant, today you're going to crush the pinot grapes in the fermenters outside.” I clapped my hands together, excited to be really making wine and said, “Okay… show me what I have to do.”
  2. (by extension) Any of several wines made from these grapes.
    • 2004, John Winthrop Haeger, North American Pinot Noir, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 150:
      How much funkiness makes a pinot taste desirably complex, and how much more really is too much? Is a pinot good if it does not taste more like fruit than stones?

Derived terms

  • pinot blanc, pinot bianco
  • pinot gris, pinot grigio
  • pinot noir, pinot nero

Further reading

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

pinot

  1. nominative plural of pino

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From pin + -ot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.no/
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Noun

pinot m (plural pinots)

  1. pinot

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pinot.

Noun

pinot n (plural pinoturi)

  1. pinot

Declension

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