Phrase guide

mulled wine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Red wine with spices (e.g. cinnamon sticks, cloves and ginger) served hot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spiced wine

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

wine heated with sugar and spices and often citrus fruit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wine, vino

Narrower terms: bishop, negus

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: греяно вино (grejano vino) — wine with spices served hot
  • Catalan: vi calent — wine with spices served hot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 熱紅酒 /热红酒 (rèhóngjiǔ) — wine with spices served hot
  • Czech: svařené víno — wine with spices served hot
  • Czech: svařák — wine with spices served hot
  • Danish: gløgg — wine with spices served hot
  • Dutch: glühwein — wine with spices served hot
  • Dutch: gloeiwijn — wine with spices served hot
  • Finnish: glögi — wine with spices served hot
  • French: vin chaud — wine with spices served hot
  • Georgian: გლინტვეინი (glinṭveini) — wine with spices served hot
  • German: Glühwein — wine with spices served hot
  • Greek: γκλουβάιν (gklouváin) — wine with spices served hot
  • Hungarian: forralt bor — wine with spices served hot
  • Italian: vin brulé — wine with spices served hot
  • Latin: calidum — wine with spices served hot
  • Latin: vinum defrutum — wine with spices served hot
  • Latvian: karstvīns — wine with spices served hot
  • Maltese: ċumnata — wine with spices served hot
  • Norman: vîn brûlé — wine with spices served hot
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gløgg — wine with spices served hot
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gløgg — wine with spices served hot
  • Occitan: vin caud — wine with spices served hot
  • Occitan: gròg — wine with spices served hot
  • Old English: weall — wine with spices served hot
  • Old English: gesoden wīn — wine with spices served hot
  • Old English: þefel — wine with spices served hot
  • Polish: grzaniec — wine with spices served hot
  • Polish: grzane wino — wine with spices served hot
  • Portuguese: quentão — wine with spices served hot
  • Portuguese: vinho quente — wine with spices served hot
  • Romanian: vin fiert — wine with spices served hot
  • Russian: глинтве́йн (glintvéjn) — wine with spices served hot
  • Slovak: varené víno — wine with spices served hot
  • Spanish: vino caliente — wine with spices served hot
  • Swedish: glögg — wine with spices served hot
  • Volapük: glutavin — wine with spices served hot
  • Welsh: gwin brwd — wine with spices served hot
  • Yiddish: ווײַנזויף (vaynzoyf) — wine with spices served hot