wino

English

Etymology 1

wine + -o (person with characteristic).

Alternative forms

wineo, wine-o

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwaɪnəʊ/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪnəʊ

Noun

wino (plural winos or winoes)

  1. (derogatory) A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; a drunk or drunkard.
    • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 43:
      My grandmother was a Puerto Rican wino from Spanish Harlem named Migdalia, but everybody called her Mimi. My moms and Aunt Dru were her only kids. Mimi was a tall, light-skinned woman with long wavy hair and high cheekbones. She drank cheap wine and laughed all day long.
    • 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 782:
      I came out in an alley where a couple of winos were picking through a trash bin.
  2. (informal) A wine enthusiast; an oenophile.
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Etymology 2

From W boson + -ino.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiːnəʊ/
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  • Rhymes: -iːnəʊ

Noun

wino (plural winos)

  1. (physics) A hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the W boson.
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Lower Sorbian

wino

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vino, borrowed from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvʲinɔ/

Noun

wino n inan

  1. wine (alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of grapes)

Declension

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.nɔ/
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  • Rhymes: -inɔ
  • Syllabification: wi‧no

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish wino, from Proto-Slavic *vino, borrowed from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.

Noun

wino n

  1. wine
    wino słodkiesweet wine
    wino półsłodkiemedium wine
    wino półwytrawnemedium dry wine
    wino wytrawnedry wine
    wino białewhite wine
    wino czerwonered wine
    wino różowerosé
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

wino f

  1. vocative singular of wina

Further reading

  • wino in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wino in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swahili

wino

Pronunciation

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Noun

wino (u class, no plural)

  1. ink (coloured fluid used for writing)
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