malvasia
English
Etymology
From Italian, 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.
Pronunciation
Noun
malvasia (countable and uncountable, plural malvasias)
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Further reading
Catalan
Etymology
From Malvasia, from earlier Malvesia, mediaeval Catalan name for the Greek town of Μονεμβασιά (Monembasiá) where the grape is thought to have originated.
Noun
malvasia f (plural malvasies)
- (viticulture) malvasia
- (wine) malmsey
- (zoology) stiff-tailed duck (anatid in the genus Oxyuraws)
Further reading
- “malvasia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “malvasia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις).
Pronunciation
Noun
malvasia f (plural malvasie)
- (usually uncountable) malvasia (grapevine)
- (usually uncountable) malmsey (wine)
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- en:Grape cultivars
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