saignée
See also: saignee
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
saignée (countable and uncountable, plural saignées)
- (uncountable) A method of rosé production that involves bleeding off the juice after limited contact with the skins.
- (countable) A wine produced by this method.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
saignée f sg
Noun edit
saignée f (plural saignées)
- (medicine) bleeding; bloodletting
- (figuratively) huge cut; heavy loss
- trench; groove; ditch
Further reading edit
- “saignée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.