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See also: Chianti
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
chianti (countable and uncountable, plural chiantis)
- Alternative letter-case form of Chianti
- 1991, Ted Tally, The Silence of the Lambs (motion picture), spoken by Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins):
- A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
- 2007 March 11, S.S. Fair, “Lady Slings the Booze”, in New York Times[1]:
- […] the Spouse scavenged and sold scrap metal for a fistful of lire, ate horse meat without censure and lugged straw baskets home from the neighborhood osteria, where chianti flowed from spigots.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian chianti, after Chianti, its area of production. Through Latin from the Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄 (clante).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chianti m (plural chiantis)
- Chianti (Tuscan red wine)
Further reading[edit]
- “chianti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
After Chianti, its area of production. Through Latin from the Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄 (clante).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chianti m (uncountable)
- Chianti (Tuscan red wine)
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Sicilian[edit]
Noun[edit]
chianti f pl
chianti m pl
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