claret

See also Claret

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French claret.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈklærɪt/, /ˈklærət/

Noun

claret (countable and uncountable; plural clarets)

1. (chiefly UK) A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.
2. A deep purplish-red colour, like that of the wine.

   claret colour:

3. A colloquial term for blood. Often used in a sporting context eg 'He spilt some claret'.

Translations

wine

• Bulgarian: бордо (bg) (bordó) n
• French: bordeaux-clairet (fr) m, clairet (fr) m
• Jèrriais: bordgieaux m

• Russian: бордо (ru) (bordó) n (indeclinable), кларет (ru) (klarét) m
• Spanish: clarete (es) m, vino clarete (es) m

Synonyms

• traditional dry red (Australia)

Adjective

claret (comparative more claret, superlative most claret)

1. Of a deep purplish-red colour, like that of claret.

Derived terms

• claret cup
• claret-coloured

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

References

• Paper from the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia on generic wine terminology
• Oxford Companion to Wine – Claret

Anagrams

• arclet, cartel, rectal

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Latin

Verb

clāret

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of clārō