name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈʃɛɹi/
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rhymes with -ɛɹi
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A female given name from English, from the sherry wine, or a variant of Cheri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A variety of sherry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
They produce several quality sherries.
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A glass of sherry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
Would you like a sherry?
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noun
Meaning 6
dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fortified wine
Narrower terms: Manzanilla, Amontillado
History
Etymology
Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former spelling of Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish).
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
شِيرِي
(širī)
— fortified wine
Arabic:
خَمْرَة
(ḵamra)
— fortified wine
Asturian:
xerez
— fortified wine
Bulgarian:
шери
(šeri)
— fortified wine
Bulgarian:
херес
(heres)
— fortified wine
Catalan:
xerès
— fortified wine
Chinese Cantonese:
雪利酒
(syut3 lei6 zau2)
— fortified wine
Chinese Mandarin:
雪利酒
(xuělì-jiǔ)
— fortified wine
Chinese Mandarin:
雪莉酒
(xuělì jiǔ)
— fortified wine
