cuvier

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noun

Fermenting room of a winery

OriginFrench cuvier →
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Meanings

cuvier1

nouncuvier (plural cuviers)

plural cuviers

  1. beveragesFermenting room of a winery

    The winery, she said, has a fermenting room – a cuvier – "that[…] is the most modern you can find today."

    2014 July 19, Ian Mount, “A family feud, uncorked in Spain [print version: ‘A family feud uncorked in Spain: Clan's succession battle threatens their legacy and widely praised wine’, International New York Times, 21 July 2014, p. 16]”, in The New York Times

Cuvier2

proper noun
  1. A surname from French
  2. Georges Cuvier, a French naturalist.

Origin

  1. Frenchcuvier“vat”
  2. Englishcuvier

Borrowed from French cuvier (“vat”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cruive
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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