vinasse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French vinasse, ultimately from Latin vīnācea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈnæs/

Noun

vinasse (countable and uncountable, plural vinasses)

1. (chemistry) The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, used in the manufacture of potassium carbonate.

Translations

Translations

• French: vinasse (fr) f
• German: Schlempe f
• Italian: borlanda f, broscia (it) f
• Spanish: vinaza f

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “vinasse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• evasins, savines

French

Etymology

Probably from Occitan vinassa, from Latin vīnācea. First attested in the mid–18th c.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.nas/

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Noun

vinasse f (plural vinasses)

1. (chemistry) vinasse

   Synonym: eauvotte

2. (informal, derogatory) plonk (poor-quality, bad-tasting wine)

   Synonym: pinard

   • 2015 [2004], Stéphane Dompierre, Un petit pas pour l'homme, →ISBN, page 31:

     La vinasse rouge diluée à l’antigel commence à produire son effet, nous devenons plus entreprenants.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• vin

Descendants

• → English: vinasse

Further reading

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