sherry

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English

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Etymology

Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (wine of Xeres), Xeres being the former spelling of Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛɹi/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛɹi

Noun

sherry (usually uncountable, plural sherries)

  1. (uncountable) A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
    • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind:
      He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
  2. A variety of sherry.
    They produce several quality sherries.
  3. A glass of sherry.
    Would you like a sherry?

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Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sherry.

Pronunciation

Noun

sherry n (indeclinable)

  1. sherry (fortified wine)
  2. sherry (variety of sherry)
  3. sherry (glass of sherry)

Further reading

  • sherry”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • sherry”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • šery”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

Etymology

From English sherry.

Pronunciation

Noun

sherry

  1. sherry

Declension

Inflection of sherry (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative sherry sherryt
genitive sherryn sherryjen
partitive sherryä sherryjä
illative sherryyn sherryihin
singular plural
nominative sherry sherryt
accusative nom. sherry sherryt
gen. sherryn
genitive sherryn sherryjen
partitive sherryä sherryjä
inessive sherryssä sherryissä
elative sherrystä sherryistä
illative sherryyn sherryihin
adessive sherryllä sherryillä
ablative sherryltä sherryiltä
allative sherrylle sherryille
essive sherrynä sherryinä
translative sherryksi sherryiksi
abessive sherryttä sherryittä
instructive sherryin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sherry (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sherryni sherryni
accusative nom. sherryni sherryni
gen. sherryni
genitive sherryni sherryjeni
partitive sherryäni sherryjäni
inessive sherryssäni sherryissäni
elative sherrystäni sherryistäni
illative sherryyni sherryihini
adessive sherrylläni sherryilläni
ablative sherryltäni sherryiltäni
allative sherrylleni sherryilleni
essive sherrynäni sherryinäni
translative sherrykseni sherryikseni
abessive sherryttäni sherryittäni
instructive
comitative sherryineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sherrysi sherrysi
accusative nom. sherrysi sherrysi
gen. sherrysi
genitive sherrysi sherryjesi
partitive sherryäsi sherryjäsi
inessive sherryssäsi sherryissäsi
elative sherrystäsi sherryistäsi
illative sherryysi sherryihisi
adessive sherrylläsi sherryilläsi
ablative sherryltäsi sherryiltäsi
allative sherryllesi sherryillesi
essive sherrynäsi sherryinäsi
translative sherryksesi sherryiksesi
abessive sherryttäsi sherryittäsi
instructive
comitative sherryinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sherrymme sherrymme
accusative nom. sherrymme sherrymme
gen. sherrymme
genitive sherrymme sherryjemme
partitive sherryämme sherryjämme
inessive sherryssämme sherryissämme
elative sherrystämme sherryistämme
illative sherryymme sherryihimme
adessive sherryllämme sherryillämme
ablative sherryltämme sherryiltämme
allative sherryllemme sherryillemme
essive sherrynämme sherryinämme
translative sherryksemme sherryiksemme
abessive sherryttämme sherryittämme
instructive
comitative sherryinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sherrynne sherrynne
accusative nom. sherrynne sherrynne
gen. sherrynne
genitive sherrynne sherryjenne
partitive sherryänne sherryjänne
inessive sherryssänne sherryissänne
elative sherrystänne sherryistänne
illative sherryynne sherryihinne
adessive sherryllänne sherryillänne
ablative sherryltänne sherryiltänne
allative sherryllenne sherryillenne
essive sherrynänne sherryinänne
translative sherryksenne sherryiksenne
abessive sherryttänne sherryittänne
instructive
comitative sherryinenne

Further reading

French

Noun

sherry m (plural sherrys)

  1. sherry

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sherry.

Noun

sherry m (invariable)

  1. sherry

Polish

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sherry

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sherry.

Pronunciation

Noun

sherry n (indeclinable)

  1. sherry (fortified wine)

Further reading

  • sherry in Polish dictionaries at PWN