cépage

See also: cepage

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

French cep

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin -āticus

Latin -āticum

Old French -age

Middle French -age

French -age

French cépagebor.

English cépage

Borrowed from French cépage.

Noun

cépage (plural cépages)

1. A variety of grape.
   • 1972, H. W. Yoxall, The enjoyment of wine, Drake Publishers Inc., New York, →ISBN:

     There is a fascinating Californian grape, the zinfandel, said to have come from Hungary, but apparently a cépage now unknown there.

French

Etymology

From cep +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.paʒ/

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Noun

cépage m (plural cépages)

1. a variety or clone of a cultivated vine

Derived terms

• cépage noble
• vin de cépage

Further reading

• “cépage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012