chianti

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See also: Chianti

English

Noun

chianti (countable and uncountable, plural chiantis)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Chianti
    • 1991, Ted Tally, The Silence of the Lambs (motion picture), spoken by Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins):
      A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
    • 2007 March 11, S.S. Fair, “Lady Slings the Booze”, in New York Times‎:
      […] the Spouse scavenged and sold scrap metal for a fistful of lire, ate horse meat without censure and lugged straw baskets home from the neighborhood osteria, where chianti flowed from spigots.

French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian chianti, after Chianti, its area of production. Through Latin from the Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄 (clante).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kjɑ̃.ti/
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  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

chianti m (plural chiantis)

  1. Chianti (Tuscan red wine)

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Italian

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Etymology

After Chianti, its area of production. Through Latin from the Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄 (clante).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkjan.ti/
  • Rhymes: -anti
  • Hyphenation: chiàn‧ti

Noun

chianti m (uncountable)

  1. Chianti (Tuscan red wine)

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Sicilian

Noun

chianti f pl

  1. plural of chianta (“plant”)

chianti m pl

  1. plural of chiantu (“weeping”)
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