tokay

See also: tokaý

English

Etymology 1

From Hungarian tokaji (“of Tokay”), from Tokaj (placename) + -i (“originating from”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /təʊˈkeɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /toʊˈkeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

tokay (countable and uncountable, plural tokays)

1. A variety of grape grown in eastern Hungary and in eastern Slovakia.
2. Any of a variety of white wines made from this grape.
   • 2009 February 25, Eric Asimov, “Asian Fusion, via the Wine List”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     It was made from the furmint grape, which is better known in Hungary’s lusciously sweet tokays, but this was delicate, floral and just right with a tart chicken curry dish.

Alternative forms

• tokaji

Translations

variety of grape

• Bulgarian: токайско (bg) (tokajsko)
• Finnish: tokaji, tokaji-rypäle
• French: tokay (fr) m

wine made from this grape

• Bulgarian: токайско (bg) (tokajsko)
• Czech: tokaj m
• Finnish: tokaji, tokajinviini
• French: tokay (fr) m
• Hungarian: tokaji (hu)
• Polish: tokaj (pl) m

Etymology 2

See tokay gecko.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /təʊˈkeɪ/, /ˈtəʊ.keɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /toʊˈkeɪ/, /ˈtoʊ.keɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ, -əʊkeɪ

Noun

tokay (plural tokays)

1. The tokay gecko, a spotted lizard native to Asia and some Pacific islands.

Alternative forms

• tockay

Indonesian

Noun

tokay (plural tokay-tokay)

1. (colloquial, originally Prokem slang) alternative spelling of tokai