Meanings
nounwhite wine (countable and uncountable, plural white wines)
plural white wines
- countableobsoleteslanguncountableGin.
Jack Randall then impatient rose, / And said, ‘Tom's speech were just as fine / If he would call that first of goes / By that genteeler name—white wine.'
1820, Thomas Moore, W. Simpkin, R. Marshall, Jack Randall's Diary of Proceedings at the House of Call for Genius
Origin
- Middle Englishwhite wyn
- Englishwhite wine
From Middle English white wyn, whit win.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَبِيذ أَبْيَض, خَمْر أَبْيَض
- نَبِيذ أَبْيَض (nabīḏ ʔabyaḍ)light coloured wine
- خَمْر أَبْيَض (ḵamr ʔabyaḍ)light coloured wine
Basque ardo zuri
- ardo zurilight coloured wine
Bulgarian бя́ло вино́
- бя́ло вино́ (bjálo vinó)light coloured wine
Catalan vi blanc
- vi blanclight coloured wine
Chinese Mandarin 白葡萄酒
- 白葡萄酒 (báipútaojiǔ)light coloured wine
Czech bílé víno
- bílé vínolight coloured wine
Danish hvidvin
- hvidvinlight coloured wine
Dutch witte wijn
- witte wijnlight coloured wine
Estonian valge vein
- valge veinlight coloured wine
Finnish valkoviini
- valkoviinilight coloured wine
French vin blanc
- vin blanclight coloured wine
German Weißwein
- Weißweinlight coloured wine
Greek λευκό κρασί
- λευκό κρασί (lefkó krasí)light coloured wine
Hebrew יַיִן לָבָן
- יַיִן לָבָן (yáyin laván)light coloured wine
Hungarian fehérbor
- fehérborlight coloured wine
Icelandic hvítvín
- hvítvínlight coloured wine
Irish fíon geal, fíon bán
- fíon geallight coloured wine
- fíon bánlight coloured wine
Italian vino bianco
- vino biancolight coloured wine
Japanese 白ワイン, 白葡萄酒
- 白ワイン (shirowain)light coloured wine
- 白葡萄酒 (shirobudōshu)light coloured wine
Korean 화이트 와인, 백포도주
- 화이트 와인 (hwaiteu wain)light coloured wine
- 백포도주 (baekpodoju)light coloured wine
Latvian baltvīns
- baltvīnslight coloured wine
Lithuanian baltasis vynas
- baltasis vynaslight coloured wine
Malay wain putih
- wain putihlight coloured wine
Norwegian Bokmål hvitvin, kvitvin
- hvitvinlight coloured wine
- kvitvinlight coloured wine
Polish białe wino
- białe winolight coloured wine
Portuguese vinho branco
- vinho brancolight coloured wine
Romanian vin alb
- vin alblight coloured wine
Russian бе́лое вино́
- бе́лое вино́ (béloje vinó)light coloured wine
Scottish Gaelic fìon-geal
- fìon-geallight coloured wine
Slovak biele víno
- biele vínolight coloured wine
Spanish vino blanco
- vino blancolight coloured wine
Swedish vitt vin, vitvin
- vitt vinlight coloured wine
- vitvinlight coloured wine
Tagalog puting bino, bino-blangko
- puting binolight coloured wine
- bino-blangkolight coloured wine
Turkish beyaz şarap
- beyaz şaraplight coloured wine
Ukrainian бі́ле вино́
- бі́ле вино́ (bíle vynó)light coloured wine
Welsh gwin gwyn
- gwin gwynlight coloured wine
Cite this entry
APA
white wine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20wine
MLA
“white wine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20wine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “white wine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20wine.
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