Gewurztraminer Definition

gə-vo͝ortstrə-mēnər, -wûrts-
noun
A dry, fruity white wine with a spicy flavor and bouquet, produced orig. in Alsace and N Italy.
Webster's New World
The pinkish grape from which it is made.
Webster's New World
A similar wine produced elsewhere.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Gewurztraminer

Noun

Singular:
Gewurztraminer
Plural:
gewrztraminers

Origin of Gewurztraminer

  • German Gewürz spice (from Middle High German gewirz) (collective of wurz plant, root) (from Old High German wrād- in Indo-European roots) Traminer grape variety (from Tramin , wine-growing district of the southern Tyrol)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from German Gewürztraminer, from Gewürz (“spice”) + Traminer.

    From Wiktionary

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