sauvignon

English

Etymology

From French sauvignon.

Noun

sauvignon (plural sauvignons)

1. Any of several grape varieties and associated wines originally from France

French

Etymology

Unknown, possibly related to servagnin (attested 1538, Lausanne) servagnin, sarvinien (1597), savagnin (Jura), regional names for types of grape.

Possibly ultimately derived from the Gallo-Roman Latin name Salvinius (compare Salvinus, Salvinia, Salvius), before the velarization of the "-al" and with the substantive suffix -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so.vi.ɲɔ̃/

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Noun

sauvignon m (plural sauvignons)

1. sauvignon (grape variety and wine)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French sauvignon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sobiˈɲon/ [so.β̞iˈɲõn]
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

sauvignon m (plural sauvignons or sauvignon)

1. sauvignon

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.