Phrase guide

vin ordinaire

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A cheap claret, used as a table wine in France.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Cherry Jones as Nan Pierce (2023), 42:37 from the start, in Succession, season 4, episode 1: “I got a taste for hypermarché vin ordinaire when I was 19 years old and I have never been able to shake it.”

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Cheap wine mixed with water, commonly drunk in France and the south of Europe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

cheap French table wine of unspecified origin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: table wine

History

Etymology

French, literally "common wine".