портвейн

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Russian

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Portwein.

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Noun

портве́йн (portvéjnm inan (genitive портве́йна, nominative plural портве́йны, genitive plural портве́йнов)

  1. port wine
    • 1991, Виктор Пелевин [Victor Pelevin], Девятый сон Веры Павловны, Текст; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Vera Pavlovna's Ninth Dream, New York: New Directions, 1998:
      В це́нтре ка́фельного хо́лла сиде́л на полу́ мужичо́нка с расква́шенной мо́рдой и че́рез ра́вные интерва́лы вре́мени плева́л кро́вью на зали́тый портве́йном ка́фель.
      V céntre káfelʹnovo xólla sidél na polú mužičónka s raskvášennoj mórdoj i čérez rávnyje intervály vrémeni plevál króvʹju na zalítyj portvéjnom káfelʹ.
      A young man with his face beaten to pulp was sitting in the middle of the floor, spitting out blood at regular intervals onto the tiles that were awash with fortified port wine.

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

Borrowed from English port wine via Russian портве́йн (portvéjn) and German Portwein.

Pronunciation

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Noun

портве́йн (portvéjnm inan (genitive портве́йну, nominative plural портве́йни, genitive plural портве́йнів)

  1. port wine

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