clairet

clairet (countable and uncountable, plural clairets)

1. A full-bodied and deep-coloured type of rosé wine from the Bordeaux region.

• Not to be confused with claret.

• article, lacerti, recital

Inherited from Middle French claret (compare English claret), from Medieval Latin clārātum, from Latin clārus (“clear”).

• IPA^(key): /klɛ.ʁɛ/ ~ /kle.ʁɛ/

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clairet m (plural clairets)

1. claret (wine)
2. an infusion of fragrant plants in honeyed wine

clairet (feminine clairette, masculine plural clairets, feminine plural clairettes)

1. claret coloured

• “clairet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.