adj
Meaning 1
Of a deep purplish-red colour, like that of claret.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
claret
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: traditional dry red
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A deep purplish-red colour, like that of the wine; Bordeaux.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Blood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
someone connected with Burnley Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
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verb
Meaning 6
To drink claret.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
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noun
Meaning 7
a dark purplish-red color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dark red
noun
Meaning 8
dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: red Bordeaux
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: red wine, Bordeaux, Bordeaux wine
Narrower terms: Saint Emilion
verb
Meaning 9
drink claret
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- They were clareting until well past midnight
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drink, booze, fuddle
History
Etymology
From Middle English claret, from Middle French claret, from Medieval Latin clārātum vīnum, from clārus. Compare tent (“Spanish red wine”), also from color. Doublet of clairet.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: бордо́ (bordó) — wine
- Finnish: klaretti — wine
- French: bordeaux-clairet — wine
- French: clairet — wine
- Hungarian: bordói/bordeaux-i vörösbor — wine
- Indonesian: claret — wine
- Japanese: クラレット (kuraretto) — wine
- Korean: 클라레 (keullare) — wine
- Norman: Bordgieaux — wine
- Norman: clairète — wine
- Romanian: vin de Bordeaux — wine
- Russian: бордо́ (bordó) — wine
- Russian: кларе́т (klarét) — wine
- Spanish: clarete — wine
- Spanish: vino clarete — wine
- Turkish: bordo şarabı — wine
- French: bordeaux — wine-red color
- Hungarian: bordó — wine-red color
- Turkish: bordo — wine-red color
Real reading context