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English
Pronunciation
Noun
malvesey (countable and uncountable, plural malveseys)
- Alternative form of malvoisie
Middle English
Noun
malvesey
- Alternative form of malvesye
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Malvasia (“Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese). From Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις).
Noun
malvesey oblique singular, m (oblique plural malveseys, nominative singular malveseys, nominative plural malvesey)
- malvoisie (wine)
- Synonyms: maumerie, malvoisin
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