Meanings
nounwine cellar (plural wine cellars)
plural wine cellars
- beveragesAn underground place for storing wine at a constant temperature.
- broadlybeveragesA collection of wines.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Middle Englishwyn celer
- Englishwine cellar
From Middle English wyn celer, wyne saler.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek οἰνών, οἰνοθήκη
- οἰνών (oinṓn)underground place for storing wine
- οἰνοθήκη (oinothḗkē)underground place for storing wine
Basque ardandegi, upategi
- ardandegiunderground place for storing wine
- upategiunderground place for storing wine
Bulgarian и́зба, еноте́ка
- и́зба (ízba)underground place for storing wine
- еноте́ка (enotéka)underground place for storing wine
Catalan celler
- cellerunderground place for storing wine
Chinese Mandarin 酒窖, 葡萄酒收藏
- 酒窖 (jiǔjiào)underground place for storing wine
- 葡萄酒收藏 (pútáojiǔ shōucáng)collection of wine
Czech vinný sklep, sklípek
- vinný sklepunderground place for storing wine
- sklípekunderground place for storing wine
Danish vinkælder
- vinkælderunderground place for storing wine
Dutch wijnkelder, bottelarij
- wijnkelderunderground place for storing wine
- bottelarijunderground place for storing wine
Esperanto vinejo, vinkelo
- vinejounderground place for storing wine
- vinkelounderground place for storing wine
Estonian veinikelder
- veinikelderunderground place for storing wine
Finnish viinikellari, viinikellari
- viinikellariunderground place for storing wine
- viinikellaricollection of wine
French cave à vin, chai
- cave à vinunderground place for storing wine
- chaiunderground place for storing wine
- œnothèquecollection of wine
German Weinkeller, Weinsammlung
- Weinkellerunderground place for storing wine
- Weinsammlungcollection of wine
Greek βαγεναριό
- βαγεναριό (vagenarió)underground place for storing wine
Hungarian borospince
- borospinceunderground place for storing wine
Icelandic vínkjallari
- vínkjallariunderground place for storing wine
Italian cantina, cantina vinicola
- cantinaunderground place for storing wine
- cantina vinicolaunderground place for storing wine
- tinaiaunderground place for storing wine
- enotecacollection of wine
Japanese ワインセラー
- ワインセラー (wain serā)underground place for storing wine
Latvian vīna pagrabs
- vīna pagrabsunderground place for storing wine
Norwegian Bokmål vinkjeller
- vinkjellerunderground place for storing wine
Polish piwnica win
- piwnica winunderground place for storing wine
Portuguese adega, adega de vinhos
- adegaunderground place for storing wine
- adega de vinhosunderground place for storing wine
- adegacollection of wine
Romanian pivniță de vinuri, cramă
- pivniță de vinuriunderground place for storing wine
- cramăunderground place for storing wine
- cramăcollection of wine
Russian ви́нный по́греб
- ви́нный по́греб (vínnyj pógreb)underground place for storing wine
Slovak vínna pivnica
- vínna pivnicaunderground place for storing wine
Spanish bodega, cava
- bodegaunderground place for storing wine
- cavaunderground place for storing wine
Swedish vinkällare
- vinkällareunderground place for storing wine
Turkish şarap mahzeni
- şarap mahzeniunderground place for storing wine
Ukrainian ви́нниця
- ви́нниця (výnnycja)underground place for storing wine
Vietnamese hầm rượu
- hầm rượuunderground place for storing wine
Cite this entry
APA
wine cellar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wine%20cellar
MLA
“wine cellar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wine%20cellar. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wine cellar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wine%20cellar.
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