fortified wine

English

Noun

fortified wine (countable and uncountable, plural fortified wines)

A wine to which additional ethanol (an alcohol) has been added, the most common additive being brandy (a spirit distilled from wine).

Synonyms

liqueur wine (in Europe)

Hypernyms

dessert wine

Coordinate terms

Related terms

bum wine
wino wine

Translations

wine with distilled beverage added

French: vin muté m
Galician: viño xeneroso (gl) m
German: verstärkter Wein m, Likörwein (de) m

Russian: креплёное вино́ (ru) n (krepljónoje vinó)
Swedish: starkvin n

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