cépage
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French cépage.
Noun
cépage (plural cépages)
- A variety of grape.
- 1972, H. W. Yoxall, The enjoyment of wine, Drake Publishers Inc., New York, →ISBN:
- There is a fascinating Californian grape, the zinfandel, said to have come from Hungary, but apparently a cépage now unknown there.
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French
Etymology
From cep + -age.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.paʒ/
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Noun
cépage m (plural cépages)
- a variety or clone of a cultivated vine
Derived terms
- cépage noble
- vin de cépage
Further reading
- “cépage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.