"malmsey" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑːmzɪ/ [UK], /ˈmɑ(l)mzi/ [US] Forms: malmseys [plural]
Etymology: Via Middle English malmesye from Middle Dutch malemeseye, from Italian via Old French, ultimately from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις). Doublet of malvoisie. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|malmesye}} Middle English malmesye, {{der|en|dum|malemeseye}} Middle Dutch malemeseye, {{der|en|it|-}} Italian, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|grc|Μονεμβασία||Monemvasia|pos=a city on the Peloponnese}} Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), {{m|grc|μόνος||only one}} μόνος (mónos, “only one”), {{m|grc|ἐν|tr=-}} ἐν, {{m|grc|βάσις|tr=-}} βάσις, {{m|grc|ἔμβασις||entering into|pos=<i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἐν</i> + <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">βάσις</i>}} ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις), {{doublet|en|malvoisie}} Doublet of malvoisie Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} malmsey (countable and uncountable, plural malmseys)
  1. A sweet fortified wine made in Madeira, originally from the malvasia grape. Wikipedia link: Monemvasia, malmsey Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Wines Synonyms: malvoisie Translations (wine made from malvasia): 馬姆齊甜酒 (Chinese Mandarin), 马姆齐甜酒 (mǎmǔqí tiánjiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), malvaz [masculine] (Czech), Malvasia (Finnish), Malvasia-viini (Finnish), malvoisie [feminine, masculine] (French), Malvasier [masculine] (German), malvasia [feminine, masculine] (Italian), malmesye (Middle English), malvesye (Middle English), małmazja [feminine] (Polish), malvasia [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), мальва́зия (malʹvázija) [feminine] (Russian), ма̀лва̄зија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), màlvāzija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), malvasía [feminine] (Spanish), мальва́зія (malʹvázija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-malmsey-en-noun-F-VCfOT7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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