lunel

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UK/luːˈnɛl/

noun

A type of sweet muscat wine.

OriginFrench lunel →
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Meanings

lunel1

nounlunel (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA type of sweet muscat wine.

    Van looked through his raised lunel at the honeyed sun.

    1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 209

lunel2

nounlunel (plural lunels)

plural lunels

  1. governmentA charge formed by four crescents in cross with their horns pointing inwards.

Lunel3

proper noun
  1. A commune in Hérault department, Occitania, France.

Origin

lunel · noun

From Lunel, a town in southern France.

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lunel · noun

  1. Frenchlunel
  2. Englishlunel

From French lunel, a heraldic term based on lune (“moon”). Compare Spanish lunel, Italian lunello.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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