Yquem

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noun

Château d'Yquem, a prestigious wine produced in Sauternes.

OriginOccitan Iquem ← Latin Achelmus →
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Meanings

nounYquem (countable and uncountable, plural Yquems)

plural Yquems

  1. countableuncountableChâteau d'Yquem, a prestigious wine produced in Sauternes.

Origin

  1. LatinAchelmus
  2. OccitanIquem
  3. EnglishYquem

Borrowed from French, itself from Occitan Iquem, variant of Eiquem (French: Eyquem), from Latin Achelmus/Aichelmus, ultimately from Germanic.

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APA

Yquem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yquem

MLA

“Yquem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yquem. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yquem,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yquem.

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