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vin [vɛ̃]1. masculine nouna. ( = boisson) wine• vin blanc/rouge/rosé white/red/rosé wine• vin ordinaire or de table table wine2. compounds* * *vɛ̃nom masculin winevin de pays or de terroir — quality wine produced in a specific region
couper son vin — ( en mélanger deux) to blend one's wine; ( mettre de l'eau) to add water to one's wine
Phrasal Verbs:- vin cuit••avoir le vin gai/triste — to get happy/maudlin after one has had a few drinks
quand le vin est tiré, il faut le boire — Proverbe once you have started something, you have to see it through
* * *vɛ̃ nm* * *vin nm1 ( de raisin) wine; vin blanc/rouge/pétillant/mousseux white/red/semi-sparkling/sparkling wine; vin rosé rosé (wine); vin doux/sec/demi-sec sweet/dry/medium-dry wine; vin de consommation courante ordinary wine; grand vin fine wine; vin d'Alsace Alsace wine; vin de pays or de terroir quality wine produced in a specific region; sauce au vin wine sauce; ce vin a du corps this wine is full-bodied; un vin qui se fait a wine which is maturing; mettre le vin en bouteilles to bottle wine; couper son vin ( mettre de l'eau) to add water to one's wine; ( mettre un autre vin) to blend one's wine;2 ( d'origine végétale) wine; vin de riz rice wine.vin d'appellation d'origine contrôlée appellation contrôlée (with a guarantee of origin); vin bourru new wine still undergoing fermentation; vin chaud mulled wine; vin de coupage blended wine; vin cuit wine which has undergone heating during maturation; vin délimité de qualité supérieure, VDQS wine of a defined area with strict production laws; vin gris blush wine; vin d'honneur reception; vin de liqueur fortified wine; vin de messe communion wine; le vin nouveau wine from the latest vintage; vin de paille wine made from dried grapes; vin de table table wine.avoir le vin gai/mauvais/triste to get happy/nasty/maudlin after a drink; être entre deux vins to be tipsy○; mettre de l'eau dans son vin to mellow; quand le vin est tiré, il faut le boire Prov once you have started something, you have to see it through.[vɛ̃] nom masculin[ensemble de récoltes] vintagegrand vin, vin de grand cru vintage winea. [rouge] claretb. [blanc] white Bordeauxvin de messe altar ou communion winevin nouveau ou (de) primeur new wineavoir le vin gai/triste/mauvais to get merry/depressed/nasty after a few drinksêtre entre deux vins to be tiddly ou tipsy2. [liqueur]vin de canne/riz cane/rice wine————————vin d'honneur nom masculin -
5 mousseux
mousseux, -euse [musø, øz]1. adjective[vin] sparkling ; [bière, chocolat] frothy2. masculine noun* * *
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- euse musø, øz adjectif1) lit [vin] sparkling; [bière] fizzy2) fig [dentelle] frothy
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* * *musø, øz (-euse)1. adj2. nm(vin mousseux) sparkling wine* * *A adj2 ( qui évoque la mousse) frothy; des dentelles mousseuses frothy lace.B nm inv Vin sparkling wine.1. [vin, cidre] sparkling[bière] frothy[eau] foamy[sauce, jaunes d'œufs] (light and) frothy————————nom masculin -
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pétillant, e [petijɑ̃, ɑ̃t]adjective* * *pétillante petijɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif gén sparkling; [personne] bubbly* * *petijɑ̃, ɑ̃t adj pétillant, -e* * *pétillant, pétillante adj [vin] sparkling; [eau] sparkling; [regard, yeux] sparkling (de with); [personne] bubbly.( féminin pétillante) [petijɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adjectif2. [brillant]————————nom masculin -
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8 Champagne
The most famous sparkling wine in the world, produced in the 34,000 hectares of registered vineyards in the Champagne-Ardenne region of north-east France. The two main centres for Champagne production are the areas of Reims and Epernay. Champagne is an Appellation contrôlée, and the name can only be used to describe sparkling wine produced in the Champagne area. Other areas used to label traditionally produced sparkling wines as being "méthode champenoise", but even this adjectival use of the word is now prohibited.The Champagne region contains the most northerly of France's major vineyards. Unlike most French wines, champagnes are blended in order to produce either non vintage champagnes (blended from different years) or vintage champagne, blended from wines of the same harvest. Consequently, since the quality of the champagne ultimately depends on a balance between the quality of the grapes and the skill of the blenders, Champagnes are also ranked and promoted by producer, not by any more finely delimited appellation. Among the most highly rated of blends are Krug, Mumm, Bollinger and Heidsieck, not to mention the very well known brands of Moët & Chandon and Taittinger.The distinct taste and purity of real champagne is certainly due to the chalky soil and the continental growing conditions that abound in the Champagne region. Several of the main French Champagne producers have set up branches and vineyards in California, but in spite of bringing over their best master-blenders, have never been able to achieve quite the same result.Although many people imagine that Champagnes are all white, this is not the case. Rosé champagnes also exist.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Champagne
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9 Blanquette
literally "white stuff", the word is used both in cooking and in wine. Blanquette de veau is a veal stew - a stew made with white meat - butBlanquette de Limoux is reputedly France's original sparkling wine. It is said that the technique for making sparkling wine was brought to Champagne from Limoux, by monks in the sixteenth century.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Blanquette
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10 champagniser
champagniser verb table: aimer vtr1 ( pour faire du champagne) to make [sth] into champagne [vin];2 ( pour imiter le champagne) to render [sth] sparkling by the champagne method [vin]; vins champagnisés sparkling wines.[ʃɑ̃paɲize] verbe transitif -
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brut, e [bʀyt]1. adjectivea. [pétrole, minerai] crude ; [métal, donnée] raw• à l'état brut [matière] untreated• brut de décoffrage or de fonderie (figurative) rough and readyb. [champagne] brut ; [cidre] dryc. [bénéfice, poids, salaire] gross• il touche 3 000 € bruts par mois he earns 3,000 euros gross per month2. masculine noun( = pétrole) crude oil3. feminine noun• tu es une grosse brute ! (inf) you're a big bully!* * *
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brute bʀyt adjectif1) ( non traité) [coton, soie, matière] raw; [minerai, pétrole] crude; [pierre précieuse] rough, uncut; [marbre, granit] rough; [laine] untreated; [sucre] unrefined2) [champagne, vin mousseux] dry, brut; [cidre] dry3) [salaire, bénéfice] gross4) [poids, charge] gross
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adverbe gross
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* * *bʀyt brut, -e1. adj1) (= non traité) (matériau) raw, (sucre, or) unrefined, (laine) untreated, (pétrole) crude, (diamant) rough, uncut, (soie) raw, (données) rawà l'état brut (matière) — raw, (réalité) in the raw
la force à l'état brut — brute strength, brute force
2) COMMERCE gross3) (= sans restriction) (force) brute, (émotion) raw4) (champagne) brut2. nm1) (champagne brut) brut champagne2) (pétrole brut) crude oil, crude* * *A adj1 ( non traité) [coton, soie, matière, minerai, métal] raw; [pierre précieuse] rough, uncut; [marbre, granit] rough; [laine] untreated; [sucre] unrefined; à l'état brut in its natural state; métal brut de coulée as-cast metal; métal brut de laminage as-rolled metal;B adv [rapporter, gagner, peser] gross; rapporter 10% brut to gross 10%, to make 10% gross; véhicule pesant brut 5t vehicle weighing 5t gross.C nm ( pétrole) crude (oil); ( champagne) dry ou brut champagne; ( mousseux) dry ou brut sparkling wine; ( cidre) dry cider.D brute nf2 ( personne sans culture) lout; c'est une brute épaisse he/she's just a stupid lout;3 ( créature sauvage) beast.dormir comme une brute to sleep like a log; travailler comme une brute to work like a horse.1. [non traité - pétrole, métal] crude, untreated ; [ - laine, soie, charbon, brique] untreated, raw ; [ - sucre] raw, coarse ; [ - pierre précieuse] rough, uncut ; [ - minerai] raw ; [ - or] unrefined[donnée] raw3. [sauvage] brute5. [poids] grossbrut adverbegagner 1 500 euros brut to earn 1,500 euros grossbrut nom masculin1. [salaire] gross income2. [pétrole] crude oil3. [champagne] brut ou dry champagne -
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14 Crémant
a sparkling wine very similar to Champagne, but produced in a different area of France. Notably Crémant de Bourgogne, Crémant du Jura, and Crémant d'Alsace. these wines are generally produced in just the same way as Champagne, can be as good as ordinary Champagne, but are far cheaper because they do not have the same prestigious name.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Crémant
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15 blanquette de Limoux
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16 piquer
piquer [pike]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. [guêpe, ortie] to sting ; [moustique, serpent] to bite ; (avec une épingle, une pointe) to prick ; [barbe] to prickle ; (Medicine) to give an injection to• attention, ça pique [alcool sur une plaie] careful, it's going to stingd. [+ curiosité, intérêt] to arouse2. intransitive verba. [avion] to go into a dive ; [oiseau] to swoop down• piquer du nez [avion] to nosedive ; [fleurs] to droop ; [personne] to fall headfirst ; (de sommeil) to nod off (inf)3. reflexive verbb. [drogué] to shoot upc. ( = prétendre pouvoir) se piquer de faire qch to pride o.s. on one's ability to do sth* * *pike
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1) ( blesser) [guêpe, ortie] to sting; [moustique, serpent] to bite; [chardon, rosier] to prick2) ( enfoncer une pointe) [personne] to prick [animal, fruit]3) Médecine to give [somebody] an injection4) Culinaire5) ( fixer) to stick [épingle]6) ( de trous) [insecte, ver] to make holes in [bois, meuble]7) ( irriter)8) (colloq) ( voler) to pinch (colloq) GB, to steal [livre, idée] (à from); ( emprunter) to pinch (colloq) GB, to borrow [crayon, pull]il pique (dans les magasins) — he's always pinching things (from shops GB ou stores US)
9) (colloq) ( arrêter) [police] to nab (colloq), to nick (colloq) GB [bandit]; ( surprendre) to get [personne]10) (colloq) ( attraper) to catch [virus]11) to stitch [tissu, vêtement]12) [propos] to needle [personne]; to sting [orgueil, fierté]13) ( éveiller) to arouse [curiosité, intérêt]14) (colloq) ( commencer)15) ( plonger)16) Musique
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verbe intransitif1) ( irriter) [barbe] to be bristly; [vêtement, laine] to be scratchy; [gorge, yeux] to sting; [vent, froid] to be biting2) ( exciter les sens) [moutarde, sauce] to be hot; [vin, fromage] to be sharp; [boisson, soda] (colloq) to be fizzy (colloq) GB ou sparkling3) ( descendre) [oiseau] to swoop down; [avion] to divepiquer du nez — ( s'endormir) to nod off, to doze off; ( baisser la tête) to look down; ( chuter) [avion] to go into a nosedive; [marché, Bourse] to take a nosedive; [fleur] to droop
4) (colloq) ( prendre)5) (colloq) ( s'élancer)
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se piquer verbe pronominal1) ( se blesser) to prick oneself2) ( se faire une piqûre) to inject oneself; ( se droguer) (colloq) to shoot up (colloq)3) ( se couvrir de taches) [miroir, linge, métal] to become spotted; [papier, livre] to become foxed4) ( par prétention) fml5) ( se vexer) to take offence [BrE] (de at)••quelle mouche t'a piqué? — (colloq) what's eating (colloq) you?
son article n'était pas piqué des vers (colloq) or hannetons — (colloq) his/her article didn't pull any punches
c'est une petite maison pas piquée des vers (colloq) or hannetons — (colloq) it's a really lovely little house
* * *pike1. vt1)piquer qch sur; piquer qch à [tableau d'affichage] — to pin sth onto
2) [abeille] to sting, [moustique] to biteNous avons été piqués par les moustiques. — We were bitten by mosquitoes.
3) [ortie] to stingpiquer les yeux [fumée] — to make one's eyes sting
4) [froid] to biteLa fumée me pique les yeux. — The smoke is making my eyes sting.
5) [sauce, poivre] to burnCette sauce me pique la langue. — This sauce is burning my tongue.
6) [patient] to give an injection to7) [chien, chat] to put to sleep8) COUTURE to machine (stitch)9) [intérêt, curiosité] to arouse10) * (= voler) to pinch *On m'a piqué mon porte-monnaie. — Somebody pinched my purse.
11) * (= arrêter) [voleur] to nab *2. vi1) [oiseau, avion] to go into a divepiquer sur [proie, cible] — to swoop down on
piquer du nez [avion] — to go into a nose-dive, fig, [personne] to doze off, [économie, chiffres] to nose-dive, to take a nose-dive
2) (= brûler) [plante, feuille] to sting, [froid] to bite, [sauce] to be hot* * *piquer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( blesser) [guêpe, scorpion, méduse, ortie] to sting; [moustique, puce, araignée, serpent] to bite; [chardon, rosier] to prick; le scorpion l'a piqué au bras the scorpion stung his arm; il s'est fait piquer par une méduse he was ou got stung by a jellyfish;2 ( enfoncer une pointe) [personne, bec, aiguille] to prick [animal, fruit]; piquer qn avec une aiguille to prick sb with a needle; piquer son cheval to spur one's horse; piquer un rôti avec une fourchette to prick a roast with a fork; piquer un couteau dans le gâteau to prick the cake with a knife; piquer des petits pois avec sa fourchette to stab peas with one's fork; piquer (son cheval) des éperons to urge one's horse on with one's spurs;3 Méd to give [sb] an injection; piquer qn à l'épaule/au bras to give sb an injection in the shoulder/in the arm; je me suis fait piquer contre la grippe I've had a flu injection; faire piquer un animal to have an animal put down; on a dû faire piquer le chat we had to have the cat put down;4 Culin piquer un gigot d'ail to stud a leg of lamb with garlic; piquer un oignon de clous de girofle to stick an onion with cloves; un gigot d'agneau piqué d'ail a leg of lamb studded with garlic;5 ( fixer) to stick [épingle, peigne] (dans into); ( épingler) to pin [carte, badge] (à to; sur on); piquer des fleurs dans ses cheveux to stick flowers in one's hair; piquer une photo au mur/une médaille sur une veste to pin a photo to the wall/a medal on a jacket;6 ( parsemer) ( de trous) [insecte, ver] to make holes in [bois, meuble]; ( de taches) [moisissure, rouille] to spot [linge, miroir]; to fox [papier, livre];7 ( irriter) [vent, froid] to be biting; mon pull me pique la peau my sweater feels scratchy; le froid me pique le visage the cold is making my face tingle; la fumée me pique la gorge/les yeux the smoke is stinging my throat/eyes; sa gorge le pique his throat is prickling ou stinging; ses yeux la piquaient her eyes were stinging; ça me pique partout I'm itchy all over;8 ○( voler) to pinch○ GB, to steal [livre, idée] (à from); ( emprunter) to pinch○ GB, to borrow [crayon, pull]; ( choisir) to pick [nombre, personne]; il a piqué cette invention à son professeur he pinched the invention from his professor; il pique (dans les magasins) he's always pinching things (from shops GB ou stores US); il n'arrête pas de me piquer mes fringues○ he's always pinching my clothes; je me suis fait piquer mon sac à main I had my handbag pinched; piquer un numéro au hasard to pick a number at random;9 ○( arrêter) [police] to nab○, to nick○ GB [bandit, voleur]; ( surprendre) to get [personne]; il s'est fait piquer à la sortie du magasin he was nabbed ou nicked GB as he left the store; ils se sont fait piquer à tricher pendant l'examen they got caught cheating during the exam;10 ○( attraper) to catch [maladie, virus];11 Cout to stitch [tissu, vêtement]; piquer une robe à la machine to machine(-stitch) a dress; est- ce que tu sais piquer? do you know how to use a sewing-machine?;12 (toucher, affecter) [propos, attitude, personne] to needle [personne]; to sting [orgueil, fierté]; cette remarque m'a piquée this remark wounded me; piquer qn au vif to cut sb to the quick;13 ( éveiller) to arouse [curiosité, intérêt];14 ○( commencer) piquer un fou rire to have a fit of the giggles; piquer une crise de nerfs to throw a fit○; piquer un cent mètres to break into a run; piquer un galop to break into a gallop;15 ( plonger) piquer une tête (dans l'eau) to dive (into the water);16 Mus piquer une note to play a note staccato.B vi1 ( irriter) [barbe] to be bristly; [vêtement, laine] to be scratchy ; [gorge, yeux, nez] to sting; ça pique! [ortie, seringue] it stings!; [plante épineuse] it pricks!; [fumée] it stings!; [barbe] it's bristly!; j'ai la gorge qui pique my throat is stinging; tu piques ce matin you are all bristly this morning;2 ( exciter les sens) [moutarde, sauce] to be hot; [vin, fromage] to be sharp; [boisson, soda]○ to be fizzy○ GB ou sparkling; c'est de l'eau qui pique this is fizzy GB ou sparkling water;3 ( descendre) [oiseau] to swoop down; [avion] to dive; l'aigle piqua droit sur sa proie the eagle swooped on its prey; piquer du nez ( s 'endormir) to nod off, to doze off; ( baisser la tête) to look down; ( chuter) [avion] to go into a nosedive; [marché, Bourse, actions] to take a nosedive; [fleur] to droop;4 ( prendre) arrête de piquer dans le plat stop picking (things out of the serving dish); il y a plein de livres/vêtements dans le grenier, pique dans le tas si tu veux there are lots of books/clothes in the attic, help yourself from the pile;5 ○( s'élancer) le taureau piqua droit sur nous the bull came straight for us; il piqua à travers bois pour échapper à la police he cut across the woods to escape (from) the police.C se piquer vpr1 ( se blesser) to prick oneself; se piquer avec to prick oneself with [aiguille]; to prick oneself on [clou]; se piquer aux ronces to scratch oneself on the brambles; se piquer aux orties to get stung by nettles; ⇒ frotter;2 ( se faire une piqûre) to inject oneself; ( se droguer)○ to shoot up○, to inject oneself; il se pique he shoots up○; je n'ai pas besoin d'infirmière, je me pique moi-même I don't need a nurse, I do my own injections; il se pique à l'héroïne he injects himself ou shoots up○ with heroin;3 ( se couvrir de taches) [miroir] to go spotty GB, to become spotted; [papier, livre] to become foxed; [confiture] to go GB ou become mouldy GB ou moldy US; [linge] to become spotted; [métal] to become spotted (with rust); le papier mural de la salle de bains est en train de se piquer the bathroom wallpaper is becoming mildewed;4 fml ( par prétention) se piquer de philosophie to like to make out GB ou pretend one is a philosopher; se piquer de peindre/d'écrire to like to make out GB ou pretend that one is a painter/writer; se piquer de réussir seul to claim that one can manage on one's own;5 ( se vexer) to take offenceGB (de at); elle s'est piquée de ta plaisanterie she took offenceGB at your joke; il se pique facilement he takes offenceGB easily.quelle mouche t'a piqué○? what's eating○ you?; piquer des deux Équit to spur on one's horse; ( s'enfuir)○ to beat it○; son article n'était pas piqué des vers○ or hannetons○ his/her article didn't pull any punches; c'est une petite maison pas piquée des vers○ ou hannetons○ it's a really lovely little house; se piquer le nez○ or la truffe◑ to booze○, to knock it back○.[pike] verbe transitif1. MÉDECINE [avec une seringue]2. MÉDECINE VÉTÉRINAIRE [tuer]piquer un animal to put an animal down, to put an animal to sleep3. [avec une pointe] to prickpiquer un morceau de viande avec une fourchette/la pointe d'un couteau to stick a fork/the tip of a knife into a piece of meatêtre piqué ou se faire piquer par une abeille to get stung by a bee5. [enfoncer] to stickpiquer une fleur dans ses cheveux to put a flower in ou to stick a flower in one's hairpiquer une broche sur un chemisier to pin a brooch on ou onto a blouseça pique la gorge it gives you a tickle in your ou the throat7. [stimuler - curiosité, jalousie] to arouse, to awaken ; [ - amour-propre] to pique ; [ - intérêt] to stir (up)8. (familier) [faire de manière soudaine]piquer un cent mètres ou un sprintpiquer un fard to turn red ou crimsonpiquer une phrase dans un livre/à un auteur to lift a sentence from a book/an authora. [arrêter] to get nabbed ou nailed (US)b. [surprendre] to get caught11. MUSIQUEpiquer une note to dot a note, to play a note staccato[cuir] to stitch13. CUISINE————————[pike] verbe intransitifradis/moutarde qui pique hot radish/mustard2. [descendre - avion] to (go into a) dive ; [ - oiseau] to swoop down ; [ - personne] to head straight towards3. (locution)a. [avion] to go into a nosediveb. [bateau] to tilt forwardc. [fleur] to droopd. [personne] to (begin to) drop off————————se piquer verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)il se pique à l'héroïne he shoots ou does heroin————————se piquer verbe pronominal intransitif1. [par accident] to prick oneself2. [s'abîmer - papier, linge] to turn mildewy, to go mouldy ; [ - métal] to pit, to get pitted ; [ - vin] to turn sour3. (locution)————————se piquer verbe pronominal transitif————————se piquer de verbe pronominal plus préposition -
17 blanquette
blanquette [blɑ̃kεt]feminine nounb. ( = vin) sparkling white wine* * *blɑ̃kɛt* * *blɑ̃kɛt nfCUISINEblanquette de veau — blanquette de veau (veal in a white sauce)
* * *[blɑ̃kɛt] nom féminin1. [vin] -
18 mousseux
n. m. Sparkling white wine, cheap imitation of champagne. Radin comme il est, il nous a servi du mousseux! The mean bugger, he served us some of that fizzed-up cats'-pee! -
19 Kir
popular apéritif drink, also known as a " blanc-cassis" or a " blanc-ca", made up of a dash of blackcurrant liqueur in a glass of white whine. an alternative version, called Kir Royal, is a dash of blackcurant liqueur in a glass of champagne or sparkling white wine. The drink is named in honour of Chanoine Kir (Canon Félix Kir), a catholic priest who became a Resistance heron in World War II, and later mayor of Dijon, the capital of Burgundy, and who regularly offered it to guests. Blackcurrants are a local speciality in the Dijon area.
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