vi

Inherited from Old Catalan vi~vin, from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.


cigar

Originally a learned modification of cigarro in order to avoid the Spanish-appearing termination -arro.


rapa

Probably from rappa, a Southern Italian dialect form of grappa (“bunch of grapes”).


raïm

Inherited from Old Catalan raïm~razim, from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus (“bunch, especially of grapes”).


malvasia

From Malvasia, from earlier Malvesia, mediaeval Catalan name for the Greek town of Μονεμβασίᾱ (Monembasíā) where the grape is thought to have originated.

(zoology) stiff-tailed duck (anatid in the genus Oxyura)


parra

Uncertain. Possibly from Gothic *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰 (*parra), *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*parrans, “trellis; fencing”) or from a pre-Indo-European root of similar meaning.


viti-

Borrowed from Latin vītis (“grapevine”). Doublet of vit.


vitícola

ca-adj

vitícola m or f (masculine and feminine plural vitícoles)


carroll

a cluster of grapes, especially when left on the vine after harvest


bagot

Apheretic variant of abegot (“drone”), applied metaphorically to unripe grapes.

a bunch of unripe grapes left on the vine after harvest


apirènia

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀπύρηνος (apúrēnos, “without a kernel”), from πῡρήν (pūrḗn, “kernel, fruit stone”).

der

coulure (failure of grapewines to fruit)


mallol

Inherited from Latin malleolus (“mallet-shoot [a slip trimmed into the shape of a small hammer for replanting]”), diminutive of malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of mal·lèol, a learned borrowing.

inh

mallet-shoot 􂀿a slip trimmed into the shape of a small hammer for replanting􂁀

inh+

a young grapevine (planted within the last year)


semal

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *semālis (“divided in half”), from semis (“half”).

inh+

a wooden bucket resembling a horizontally bisected barrel with handles used for harvesting grapes


moscatell

From moscat + -ell; form influenced by Italian moscatello.


xarel·lo

Borrowed from Italian chiarello, via a northern variety with initial [ʃ].

Xarel·lo (a variety of white grape originating in Catalonia)


garnatxa

From earlier vernatxa, from Italian vernaccia, from Vulgar Latin *hībernācea. Cognate with Spanish garnacha, French grenache.


monestrell

Inherited from Vulgar Latin monastēriellum, diminutive of monastērium (“monastery”), presumably due to being cultivated on monastery grounds.

monestrell (red grape variety originating in Catalonia)


cartoixà

ca-adj

cartoixà (feminine cartoixana, masculine plural cartoixans, feminine plural cartoixanes)

cartoixana (feminine)
cartoixans (masculine plural)
cartoixanes (feminine plural)

Carthusian (relating to the Carthusian Order)


cartoixà

Carthusian (member of the Carthusian Order)