domaine

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noun

A vineyard or wine estate, especially in France.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

noundomaine (plural domaines)

plural domaines

  1. beveragesA vineyard or wine estate, especially in France.

    Put [...] a gun to my head to name the domaine, I would blurt out la Romanée-Conti, for the spicy cassis and black cherry alone.

    2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 52

Origin

  1. Frenchdomaine“zone, estate”
  2. Englishdomaine

From French domaine (“zone, estate”). Doublet of domain.

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APA

domaine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domaine

MLA

“domaine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domaine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “domaine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domaine.

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