sherry

See also Sherry

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English sherris (interpreted as plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former name of Jerez.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛri

Noun

sherry (usually uncountable; plural sherries)

1. (uncountable) A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, Crime out of Mind^[1]:

     He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.

2. A variety of sherry.

   They produce several quality sherries.

3. A glass of sherry.

   Would you like a sherry?

Translations

fortified wine

• Arabic: شيري (ar) (shiri), خمرة (ar) (khámra) f
• Catalan: xerès (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雪利酒 (cmn) (xuělì-jiǔ)

• Czech: šery (cs), sherry (cs)
• Finnish: sherry (fi)
• French: xérès (fr) m, jerez (fr) m
• German: Sherry (de) m

• Italian: sherry (it) m
• Japanese: シェリー (ja) (sherī), シェリー酒 (ja) (sherī-shu)
• Korean: 셰리 (ko) (syeli), 셰리주 (ko) (syeli ju)
• Russian: херес (ru) (xéres) m, шерри (ru) (šérri) m (sometimes)
• Serbo-Croatian: šeri (sh) m
• Spanish: jerez (es) m
• Volapük: järid (vo)

variety of sherry

• Czech: šery (cs), sherry (cs)
• Finnish: sherry (fi)
• French: xérès (fr) m, jerez (fr) m
• Italian: sherry (it) m

• Russian: херес (ru) (xéres) m
• Serbo-Croatian: šeri (sh) m
• Spanish: jerez (es) m
• Volapük: järid (vo)

glass of sherry

• Czech: šery (cs), sherry (cs)
• Finnish: sherrylasi (fi)
• French: xérès (fr) m, verre m de xérès, verre de jerez

• Italian: bicchiere m di sherry
• Spanish: vaso m de jerez

See also

• amontillado

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Czech

Noun

sherry n

1. sherry (fortified wine)
2. sherry (variety of sherry)
3. sherry (glass of sherry)

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Italian

Noun

sherry m (invariable)

1. sherry