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vinasse

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French vinasse, ultimately from Latin vīnācea.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

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French

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FWOTD – 12 September 2024

Etymology

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Probably from Occitan vinassa, from Latin vīnācea. First attested in the mid–18th c.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vi.nas/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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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.
      The red plonk diluted with antifreeze starts producing its effect, we become more daring.
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Descendants

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  • → English: vinasse

References

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  1. ^ Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/βiˈn-aki-a/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.

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