- Sauterne, Sauternes
- The first is a sweet French wine; the second is the village in Gironde from which it comes.
Dictionary of troublesome word. Bill Bryson. 2013.
Sauterne, Sauternes
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sauternes — [ sotɛrn ] n. m. • 1814 soterne; du nom d une ville de la Gironde ♦ Vin de Bordeaux blanc, de Sauternes, très fruité et sucré. Boire du sauternes avec le foie gras. ● sauternes nom masculin Vin blanc liquoreux des vignobles de la région de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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Sauterne — also Sauternes, 1711, from Sauterne, district near Bordeaux where it is made … Etymology dictionary
Sauternes — [sō tʉrn′; ] Fr [ sō tern′] n. [Fr sauternes, after Sauternes, town in Gironde, France] 1. a sweet white wine produced in SW France near the Bordeaux region 2. [often s ] any of various white wines, of varying sweetness, produced elsewhere:… … English World dictionary
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sauternes — noun Etymology: French, from Sauternes, commune in France Date: 1711 1. capitalized a full bodied sweet white wine from the Bordeaux region of France 2. (usually sauterne) a semidry to semisweet American white wine that is a blend of several… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Sauterne — /soʊˈtɜn/ (say soh tern), /sə / (say suh ) noun (sometimes lower case) 1. a rich sweet white table wine, especially one produced near Bordeaux, France. 2. (in unofficial use) any similar sweet white wine produced elsewhere. Also, Sauternes.… …
sauterne — noun see sauternes 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
Sauterne — /soh terrn , saw /, n. (sometimes l.c.) a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine. [see SAUTERNES] * * * … Universalium
sauterne — noun A low quality wine badly imitating those of Sauternes … Wiktionary
