wino
English
Alternative forms
wineo, wine-o
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwaɪnəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪnəʊ
Noun
- (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.
- (informal) A wine enthusiast; an oenophile.
Synonyms
- (indigent): See also Thesaurus:vagabond
- (drunk or drunkard): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also Thesaurus:drunkard
Related terms
- meth
- meths drinker
Translations
alcoholic (pejorative)
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiːnəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːnəʊ
Further reading
- Wino (slang term) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Wino (particle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *vino, borrowed from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvʲinɔ/
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvi.nɔ/
Audio (file) - 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
- wine
- wino słodkie ― sweet wine
- wino półsłodkie ― medium wine
- wino półwytrawne ― medium dry wine
- wino wytrawne ― dry wine
- wino białe ― white wine
- wino czerwone ― red wine
- wino różowe ― rosé
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
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