wino

From wine +‎ -o (“person with characteristic”).

wineo, wine-o

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪnəʊ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪnəʊ

wino (plural winos or winoes)

1. (derogatory) A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; especially, a drunkard.

   Synonyms: alcoholic, drunk; see also Thesaurus:drunkard

   • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 43:

     My grandmother was a Puerto Rican wino from Spanish Harlem named Migdalia, but everybody called her Mimi. My moms and Aunt Dru were her only kids. Mimi was a tall, light-skinned woman with long wavy hair and high cheekbones. She drank cheap wine and laughed all day long.

   1. (derogatory, especially) Such a drunkard who is homeless.

      Near-synonyms: bum, hobo; see also Thesaurus:vagabond

      • 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 782:

        I came out in an alley where a couple of winos were picking through a trash bin.

2. (informal) A wine enthusiast.

   Synonym: oenophile

From W boson +‎ -ino.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːnəʊ/

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• Rhymes: -iːnəʊ

wino (plural winos)

1. (physics) A hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the W boson.

• Wino (slang term) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wino (particle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Iwon, OWIN

From Proto-Slavic *vino, borrowed from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvʲi.nɔ/
• Rhymes: -inɔ
• Syllabification: wi‧no

wino n

1. wine (alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of grapes)

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.nɔ/

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• Rhymes: -inɔ
• Syllabification: wi‧no

Inherited from Old Polish wino, from Proto-Slavic *vino.

wino n (diminutive winko, augmentative wińsko)

1. wine

   wino słodkie ― sweet wine

   wino półsłodkie ― medium wine

   wino półwytrawne ― medium dry wine

   wino wytrawne ― dry wine

   wino białe ― white wine

   wino czerwone ― red wine

   wino różowe ― rosé

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

wino f

1. vocative singular of wina

• wino in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wino in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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wino class XI (no plural)

1. ink (coloured fluid used for writing)