kadarka

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noun

A dark-skinned variety of grape grown primarily in Hungary.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounkadarka (plural kadarkas)

plural kadarkas

  1. A dark-skinned variety of grape grown primarily in Hungary.
  2. A variety of red wine made from this grape.
    1 more example

    The first night, I did nothing more than have a glass of wine at Faust Wine Cellar, located under the Dominican cloister that houses the Hilton Budapest Hotel in the Buda Castle complex. But my 1,050-forint glass of kadarka (a Hungarian red grape) came with the one-on-one services of Gabor Nagy, an owner and the sommelier, who practically wouldn’t leave the table.

    2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times

Origin

  1. Serbo-Croatiankadarka
  2. Hungariankadarka
  3. Englishkadarka

From Hungarian kadarka, from Serbo-Croatian kadarka. Compare Romanian cadarcă.

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Translations

Hungarian kadarka, kadarka
  • kadarkavariety of grape
  • kadarkavariety of wine
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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