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/, /kiˈænti/
• 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: 키안티 (Kianti)
• Russian: кья́нти (ru) n (kʹjánti)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кја̑нти m

  Latin: chianti (sh) m

• Swedish: chianti (sv) c
• Ukrainian: к'я́нті (uk) ? (kʺjánti)

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

Italian

Etymology

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

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

Anagrams

• antichi, chinati, chitina