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rosé

rosé

9 6.0
A light pink wine made from red grapes
  • noun
  • /roʊˈzeɪ/
translation icon : rosado
  • They were enjoying what Cat called home-made rosé, a pitcher of mixed white and red.
  • rosé wine
  • bottle of rosé
  • dry rosé

Examples

  • Can I have two glasses of rosé, please? - Yes.

  • The wine is rosé.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The best thing about the show is the French rosé being offered.

  • What good is a clean house and rosé wine gonna do?

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I'll have a glass of rosé, please.

  • - This rosé is delicious.

  • I like a good rosé.

  • Here we lunched on olives, cheese, dates, and figs, all washed down with some delightful Tunisian rosé wine.

    Blog text (26)
  • Todd Yutzler, who owns Delmar's Delaware Plaza Wine and Liquor, suggests a dry rosé as an option, "like Tavel from the south of France."

    Blog text (18)
  • Can I have two glasses of rosé, please?

Synonyms

pink wine
vsrosé
1 3.1

A pale pink drink made from red grapes with their skins taken off early

is the conventional name rather than a plain color label
rosé wine
vsrosé
1 3.3

A light pink wine made from red grapes

is the shorter form without the extra noun
blush wine
vsrosé
4.4

A light pink wine made from red grapes

removes skins earlier during fermentation to create a paler color

Compounds

1 3.3

A light pink wine made from red grapes

How Pink

rosé
9 6.0
pink wine
1 3.1
white wine
53 1.0

Surface Forms

rosé singular
rosés plural
roses plural
rose singular

Etymology

Rosé comes from the French word rose, meaning 'pink' and named for the 'rose' flower. That's why rosé refers to the light pink wine made when red grape skins touch the juice only briefly, giving the wine a 'pink' colour.