esprit-de-vin
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French esprit de vin, itself a calque of Latin spiritus vini. By surface analysis esprit (“spirit”) + de (“of”) + vin (“wine”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
esprit-de-vin m (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “esprit-de-vin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.