Wine

See also: wine, WINE, winę, and Wîne

English

Etymology

  • As an English surname, from the noun wine.
  • As a German surname, Americanized from Wein.

Proper noun

Wine (plural Wines)

  1. A surname.
  2. (software) A free and open-source compatibility layer that aims to allow computer programs developed for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems.
    1. (dated) Acronym of Windows Emulator.
    2. Acronym of Wine is not an emulator.

Alternative forms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Wine is the 7674th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4327 individuals. Wine is most common among White (88.12%) individuals.

See also

Old English

Etymology

From Old English wine (“friend”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwi.ne/

Proper noun

Wine m

  1. a male given name

Declension

Strong i-stem:

singular plural
nominative Wine —
accusative Wine —
genitive Wines —
dative Wine —
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