grenache

English

A bunch of grenache grapes

Etymology

From French grenache, from Italian vernaccia, from Vernazza, a town in Italy. Cognate to Catalan garnatxa, Spanish garnacha, Portuguese garnacha.

Noun

grenache (countable and uncountable, plural grenaches)

1. A specific widely-planted variety of red wine grape, or a wine made from such grapes
   • 2007 September 26, Florence Fabricant, “Calendar”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     A five-course pork dinner paired with grenache wines from several countries will be held on Monday […] .

Alternative forms

• Grenache

See also

• grenache on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• chagreen, encharge, genearch, rechange

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

grenache m (plural grenaches)

1. grenache

Derived terms

• grenache noir

Further reading

• “grenache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.