Prosecco

See also: prosecco

English

Etymology

From Italian Prosecco, short for (vino de) Prosecco, “(wine of) Prosecco”, near Trieste. The toponym Prosecco comes from Proto-Slavic *prosěkъ (“kind of axe; opening, cutting (in a forest)”) from the areas deforested for the cultivation of the vine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈsɛkoʊ/, /pɹoʊˈsɛkoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkəʊ

Proper noun

Prosecco

1. A variety of white grape grown in the Veneto region of Italy.

Translations

variety of white grape

• Marathi: प्रोसेको f (proseko)
• Russian: просе́кко (ru) n (prosɛ́kko)

Noun

Prosecco (countable and uncountable, plural Proseccos)

1. A dry, slightly sparkling Italian white wine made from that grape.
   • 2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 96:

     ‘Itʼs Prosecco, champagneʼs Italian cousin!’

Translations

wine

• Armenian: պրոսեկո (proseko)
• Russian: prosɛ́kko n

See also

• Bellini
• sgroppino