rice wine

noun

An alcoholic beverage made from fermenting various forms of rice, usually with an ABV similar to grape wine.

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Meanings

nounrice wine (countable and uncountable, plural rice wines)

plural rice wines

  1. countableuncountableAn alcoholic beverage made from fermenting various forms of rice, usually with an ABV similar to grape wine.

    Synonyms: sake

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn alcoholic beverage made from fermenting various forms of rice, usually with an ABV similar to grape wine.

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Translations

Bulgarian оризово вино
  • оризово вино (orizovo vino)alcoholic drink brewed from rice
Chinese Cantonese 米酒
  • 米酒 (mai⁵ zau²)alcoholic drink brewed from rice
Chinese Mandarin 黃酒 /黄酒, 米酒
  • 黃酒 /黄酒 (huángjiǔ)alcoholic drink brewed from rice
  • 米酒 (mǐjiǔ)alcoholic drink brewed from rice
Danish risvin
  • risvinalcoholic drink brewed from rice
Dutch rijstwijn
  • rijstwijnalcoholic drink brewed from rice
Estonian riisivein
  • riisiveinalcoholic drink brewed from rice
Finnish riisiviini
  • riisiviinialcoholic drink brewed from rice
French vin de riz
  • vin de rizalcoholic drink brewed from rice
German Reiswein
  • Reisweinalcoholic drink brewed from rice
Japanese ライスワイン, 日本酒
  • ライスワイン (raisuwain)alcoholic drink brewed from rice
  • 日本酒 (nihonshu)alcoholic drink brewed from rice
  • 清酒 (seishu)alcoholic drink brewed from rice
Korean 청주, 미주
  • 청주 (cheongju)alcoholic drink brewed from rice
  • 미주 (miju)alcoholic drink brewed from rice
Latvian rīsu vīns
  • rīsu vīnsalcoholic drink brewed from rice
Polish wino ryżowe
  • wino ryżowealcoholic drink brewed from rice
Russian ри́совое вино́
  • ри́совое вино́ (rísovoje vinó)alcoholic drink brewed from rice
Swedish risvin
  • risvinalcoholic drink brewed from rice
Tagalog alak-bigas, siyoktong
  • alak-bigasalcoholic drink brewed from rice
  • siyoktongalcoholic drink brewed from rice
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APA

rice wine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20wine

MLA

“rice wine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20wine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rice wine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20wine.

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