malvasia

From Italian, from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις). Doublet of malvoisie.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmalvəˈsɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmælvəˈsi.ə/, /ˌmælvəˈzi.ə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

malvasia (countable and uncountable, plural malvasias)

1. A variety of grape, originally from the region of the Aegean, now used to make malmsey wine.

• malvasia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Malvasia, from earlier Malvesia, mediaeval Catalan name for the Greek town of Μονεμβασίᾱ (Monembasíā) where the grape is thought to have originated.

malvasia f (plural malvasies)

1. (viticulture) malvasia
2. (wine) malmsey
3. (zoology) stiff-tailed duck (anatid in the genus Oxyura)

• “malvasia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “malvasia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• malvagia (archaic)

From Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις).

• IPA^(key): /mal.vaˈzi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: mal‧va‧sì‧a

malvasia f (plural malvasie)

1. (usually uncountable) malvasia (grapevine)
2. (usually uncountable) malmsey (wine)

• → English: malvasia