Chianti

Chianti

See also: chianti

English

Alternative forms

• chianti

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian chianti, after Chianti, its area of production. Through Latin from the Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄 (clante).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɪˈantɪ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kiˈɑnti/[1], /kiˈænti/[2]
• Rhymes: -ænti, -ɑːnti

Noun

Chianti (countable and uncountable, plural Chiantis)

1. A Tuscan red wine.

Derived terms

• Chiantishire

Translations

Tuscan red wine

Arabic: كِيَانْتِي‎ m (kiyāntī) Chinese: Mandarin: 基安蒂酒 (jī'āndìjiǔ) Dutch: chianti (nl) m Finnish: Chianti, Chianti-viini French: chianti (fr) m German: Chianti (de) m Hebrew: קִיאַנְטִי‎ m (ki'ánti) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: chianti m, Chianti m Japanese: キャンティ (kyanti), (please verify) キアンティ (kianti) Korean: please add this translation if you can Russian: кья́нти (ru) n (kʹjánti) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кја̑нти m Latin: chianti (sh) m Swedish: chianti (sv) c Ukrainian: к'я́нті (uk) ? (kʺjánti)

References

1. “Chianti”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
2. “Chianti”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian chianti, after Chianti, its area of production. Through Latin from the Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄 (clante).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki̯anti/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

Chianti m (strong, genitive Chiantis, plural Chiantis or Chianti)

1. Chianti (Tuscan red wine)

Declension

Declension of Chianti [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Chianti	die	Chiantis, Chianti
genitive	eines	des	Chiantis	der	Chiantis, Chianti
dative	einem	dem	Chianti	den	Chiantis, Chianti
accusative	einen	den	Chianti	die	Chiantis, Chianti

Further reading

• “Chianti” in Duden online

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Italian

Etymology

Through Latin from the Etruscan name 𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄 (clante). It is thought that the Etruscans introduced viticulture to the area.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjan.ti/
• Rhymes: -anti
• Hyphenation: Chiàn‧ti

Proper noun

il Chianti m

1. the hilly region of Tuscany where Chianti is made

Derived terms

• chiantigiano

Noun

Chianti m (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of chianti

References

1. Millon, Marc & Kim (1993) The wine roads of Italy
2. Heath, Dwight (1995) International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture

Anagrams

• antichi, chinati, chitina