pinot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pinot, a type of vine, from earlier pineau.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːnoʊ/, /ˈpinoʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːnəʊ

Noun

pinot (countable and uncountable, plural pinots)

1. Any of several grape varieties grown in Europe and North America.
   • 2012, Grant Achatz, Nick Kokonas, Life, on the Line, Penguin, →ISBN:

     “Grant, today you're going to crush the pinot grapes in the fermenters outside.” I clapped my hands together, excited to be really making wine and said, “Okay… show me what I have to do.”

2. (by extension) Any of several wines made from these grapes.
   • 2004, John Winthrop Haeger, North American Pinot Noir, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 150:

     How much funkiness makes a pinot taste desirably complex, and how much more really is too much? Is a pinot good if it does not taste more like fruit than stones?

Derived terms

• pinot blanc, pinot bianco
• pinot gris, pinot grigio
• pinot noir, pinot nero

Further reading

• pinot (grape) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Pinto, Point, opt in, opt-in, pinto, piton, point, potin

Finnish

Noun

pinot

1. nominative plural of pino

Anagrams

• ponit, potin, topin

French

Etymology

From pin +‎ -ot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.no/

• Audio

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Noun

pinot m (plural pinots)

1. pinot

Further reading

• “pinot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pinot.

Noun

pinot n (plural pinoturi)

1. pinot

Declension