chianti

See also: Chianti

English

Noun

chianti (countable and uncountable, plural chiantis)

1. 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian chianti, after Chianti, its area of production. Through Latin from the Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄 (clante).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kjɑ̃.ti/

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• Rhymes: -i

Noun

chianti m (plural chiantis)

1. Chianti (Tuscan red wine)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• chinait, nichait

Italian

Alternative forms

• Chianti

Etymology

After Chianti, its area of production. Through Latin from the Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄 (clante).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjan.ti/
• Rhymes: -anti
• Hyphenation: chiàn‧ti

Noun

chianti m (uncountable)

1. Chianti (Tuscan red wine)

Derived terms

• Chianti Classico

Anagrams

• antichi, chinati, chitina

Sicilian

Noun

chianti f pl

1. plural of chianta (“plant”)

chianti m pl

1. plural of chiantu (“weeping”)