chianti
See also: Chianti
English edit
Noun edit
chianti (countable and uncountable, plural chiantis)
- 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[1]:
- […] 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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian chianti, after Chianti, its area of production. Through Latin from the Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄 (clante).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chianti m (plural chiantis)
- Chianti (Tuscan red wine)
Further reading edit
- “chianti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
After Chianti, its area of production. Through Latin from the Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄 (clante).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chianti m (uncountable)
- Chianti (Tuscan red wine)
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Sicilian edit
Noun edit
chianti f pl
chianti m pl