amarone

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UK/ˌaməˈɹəʊnɪ/UK/ˌaməˈɹəʊneɪ/US/ˌɑməˈɹoʊneɪ/

noun

An Italian full-bodied ruby to garnet red wine, characterized by a pungent, almost bitter taste. It is made in the Valpolicella region from dried-after-picking grapes of the Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara varieties.

OriginItalian amarone ← Venetan amaron →
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Meanings

amarone1

nounamarone (countable and uncountable, plural amarones)

plural amarones

  1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Amarone.

Amarone2

nounAmarone (countable and uncountable, plural Amarones)

plural Amarones · alternative amarone

  1. countableuncountableAn Italian full-bodied ruby to garnet red wine, characterized by a pungent, almost bitter taste. It is made in the Valpolicella region from dried-after-picking grapes of the Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara varieties.

Origin

  1. Venetanamaron
  2. Italianamarone
  3. EnglishAmarone

First attested in the 1950s–60s; from Italian amarone, augmentative form of amaro (“bitter”), a likely calque of Venetan amaron.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 阿曼罗尼
  • 阿曼罗尼 (āmànluōní)strong Italian dry red wine
Finnish amarone, Amarone-viini
  • amaronestrong Italian dry red wine
  • Amarone-viinistrong Italian dry red wine
German Amarone
  • Amaronestrong Italian dry red wine
Italian amarone
  • amaronestrong Italian dry red wine
Japanese アマローネ
  • アマローネ (amarōne)strong Italian dry red wine
Portuguese amarone, Amarone
  • amaronestrong Italian dry red wine
  • Amaronestrong Italian dry red wine

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with amarone

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Anagrams

Romaean
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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