chianti

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UK/kɪˈantɪ/US/kiˈɑnti/US/kiˈænti/

noun

A hilly geographic region in central Tuscany, Italy, famous for red wines.

OriginItalian chianti ← Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄 →
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Meanings

chianti1

nounchianti (countable and uncountable, plural chiantis)

plural chiantis

  1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Chianti.

    A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

    1991, Ted Tally, The Silence of the Lambs (motion picture), spoken by Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)
    1 more example

    […] 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.

    2007 March 11, S.S. Fair, “Lady Slings the Booze”, in New York Times

Chianti2

nounChianti (countable and uncountable, plural Chiantis)

plural Chiantis · alternative chianti

  1. countableuncountableA hilly geographic region in central Tuscany, Italy, famous for red wines.
  2. countableuncountableA Tuscan red wine.

Origin

  1. Etruscan𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄
  2. Italianchianti
  3. EnglishChianti

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

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Translations

Arabic كِيَانْتِي
  • كِيَانْتِي (kiyāntī)Tuscan red wine
Chinese Mandarin 基安蒂酒
  • 基安蒂酒 (jī'āndìjiǔ)Tuscan red wine
Dutch chianti
  • chiantiTuscan red wine
Finnish Chianti, Chianti-viini
  • ChiantiTuscan red wine
  • Chianti-viiniTuscan red wine
French chianti
  • chiantiTuscan red wine
German Chianti
  • ChiantiTuscan red wine
Hebrew קִיאַנְטִי
  • קִיאַנְטִי (ki'ánti)Tuscan red wine
Italian chianti, Chianti
  • chiantiTuscan red wine
  • ChiantiTuscan red wine
Japanese キャンティ
  • キャンティ (Kyanti)Tuscan red wine
Korean 키안티
  • 키안티 (Kianti)Tuscan red wine
Russian кья́нти
  • кья́нти (kʹjánti)Tuscan red wine
Spanish chianti
  • chiantiTuscan red wine
Swedish chianti
  • chiantiTuscan red wine
Ukrainian к'я́нті
  • к'я́нті (kʺjánti)Tuscan red wine

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with chianti

pantyanteDanteauntiezanteandanteshantiscantycantyantySantybantydubitantetranty
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Anagrams

Tianchi
Cite this entry
APA

chianti. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chianti

MLA

“chianti.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chianti. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chianti,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chianti.

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