wino

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-?

Proto-Indo-European *-ō

Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder.

Proto-Italic *wīnom

Latin vīnumbor.

Proto-Germanic *wīną

Proto-West Germanic *wīn

Old English wīn

Middle English wyn

English wine

Latin ō

Old French ohbor.

Middle English o

English O

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Middle English o

English oh

English -o

English wino

From wine + -o (“person with characteristic”).

Alternative forms

wineo, wine-o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪnəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪnəʊ

Noun

wino (plural winos or winoes)

1. (derogatory) A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; especially, a drunkard.

   Synonyms: alcoholic, drunk; see also Thesaurus:drunkard

   • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 43:

     My grandmother was a Puerto Rican wino from Spanish Harlem named Migdalia, but everybody called her Mimi. My moms and Aunt Dru were her only kids. Mimi was a tall, light-skinned woman with long wavy hair and high cheekbones. She drank cheap wine and laughed all day long.

   1. (derogatory, especially) Such a drunkard who is homeless.

      Near-synonyms: bum, hobo; see also Thesaurus:vagabond

      • 2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 782:

        I came out in an alley where a couple of winos were picking through a trash bin.

2. (informal) A wine enthusiast.

   Synonym: oenophile

Derived terms

• wino wine

Related terms

• vinaceous
• vinous
• wininess
• winy

Translations

alcoholic (pejorative)

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: ožrala (cs) m
• French: sac à vin (fr) m, alcoolo (fr)
• German: Alki (de) m, Weinsäufer m, Weinsäuferin f, Saufbruder (de) m, Saufschwester f, Wermutpenner m, Wermutpennerin f, Spriti m
• Italian: alcolizzato (it) m, spugna (it), beone (it), ubriacone (it), ubriaco (it) m
• Romanian: bețiv (ro) m, bețivan (ro) m, drojdier m
• Spanish: catavinos (es) m or f, guaino (N Mexico, slang), briago (Mexico, slang), borrachín (es) m, borracho (es) m

homeless alcoholic

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• French: clochard (fr) m, clodo (fr) m

Etymology 2

From W-boson + -ino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːnəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːnəʊ

Noun

wino (plural winos)

1. (physics) A hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the W boson.

Translations

superpartner of the W boson

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超W子

• French: wino (fr) m

Further reading

• Wino (slang term) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wino (particle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Iwon, OWIN

Lower Sorbian

wino

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vino, borrowed from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvʲi.nɔ/
• Rhymes: -inɔ
• Syllabification: wi‧no

Noun

wino n

1. wine (alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of grapes)

Declension

Declension of wino

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	wino	winje	wina
genitive	wina	winowu	winow
dative	winoju, winu	winoma	winam
accusative	wino	winje	wina
instrumental	winom	winoma	winami
locative	winje	winoma	winach

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.nɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -inɔ
• Syllabification: wi‧no

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-?

Proto-Indo-European *-ō

Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder.

Proto-Italic *wīnom

Latin vīnumder.

Proto-Slavic *vino

Old Polish wino

Polish wino

Inherited from Old Polish wino, from Proto-Slavic *vino.

Noun

wino n (diminutive winko, augmentative wińsko)

1. wine

   wino słodkie ― sweet wine

   wino półsłodkie ― medium wine

   wino półwytrawne ― medium dry wine

   wino wytrawne ― dry wine

   wino białe ― white wine

   wino czerwone ― red wine

   wino różowe ― rosé

Declension

Declension of wino

	singular	plural
nominative	wino	wina
genitive	wina	win
dative	winu	winom
accusative	wino	wina
instrumental	winem	winami
locative	winie	winach
vocative	wino	wina

Alternative forms

• winno (Kuyavia)

Derived terms

nouns

• winnica
• winogrono

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

wino f

1. vocative singular of wina

Further reading

• “wino”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “wino”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Swahili

wino

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

wino class XI (no plural)

1. ink (coloured fluid used for writing)