Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn alcoholic beverage made from fermenting various forms of rice, usually with an ABV similar to grape wine.
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
Cite this entry
rice wine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20wine
“rice wine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20wine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rice wine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20wine.
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