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claret

Meaningclear

Common meaning: red wine, especially from Bordeaux

Journey through time

  1. Latinclarus‘clear’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsclear → light-coloured wineclairet‘light-coloured wine’source
  3. Englishclaret‘red wine, especially from Bordeaux’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin clarus ‘clear’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry CLARET, p. 92 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • clarus Latin “bright or distinct”

Related words

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