vin chaud

noun

Mulled wine.

Meanings

nounvin chaud (countable and uncountable, plural vins chauds)

plural vins chauds

  1. countableuncountableMulled wine.

    The two French gentlemen ordered beer, but I had a vin chaud (warmed red wine), as it was a chilly day.

    2008, Goro Shimura, The Map of My Life, Springer, published 2008, →ISBN, page 109
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    Our destination was a hidden chalet nestled in snowdrifts where an enormous bowl of spicy vin chaud awaited us.

    2007 December 5, Nicola Boden, “On the slippery slope to excitement”, in Yorkshire Post

    There's just time for a quick vin chaud in Mountain Restaurant Eggli, where we sit on wooden benches wrapped in fleece blankets, following the sun's arc into the horizon behind the toothy mountains.

    2007 December 23, Gemma Bowes, “Love in a cold climate”, in The Guardian

Origin

  1. Frenchvin“wine”
  2. Englishvin chaud

From French vin (“wine”) + chaud (“hot”).

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