Phrase guide

wine cellar

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwaɪnˌsɛ.lə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An underground place for storing wine at a constant temperature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A collection of wines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

storage space where wines are stored

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cellar

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: storage space

History

Etymology

From Middle English wyn celer, wyne saler.

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kantinë vere — underground place for storing wine
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܡܲܕܵܢܵܐ (bēṯ maddānā) — underground place for storing wine
  • Aramaic: ܡܕܢܐ — underground place for storing wine
  • Armenian: մառան (maṙan) — underground place for storing wine
  • Basque: ardandegi — underground place for storing wine
  • Basque: upategi — underground place for storing wine
  • Bulgarian: и́зба (ízba) — underground place for storing wine
  • Bulgarian: еноте́ка (enotéka) — underground place for storing wine
  • Catalan: celler — underground place for storing wine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酒窖 (jiǔjiào) — underground place for storing wine
  • Czech: vinný sklep — underground place for storing wine
  • Czech: sklípek — underground place for storing wine
  • Danish: vinkælder — underground place for storing wine
  • Dutch: wijnkelder — underground place for storing wine
  • Dutch: bottelarij — underground place for storing wine
  • Esperanto: vinejo — underground place for storing wine
  • Esperanto: vinkelo — underground place for storing wine
  • Estonian: veinikelder — underground place for storing wine
  • Faroese: vínkjallari — underground place for storing wine
  • Finnish: viinikellari — underground place for storing wine
  • French: cave à vin — underground place for storing wine
  • French: chai — underground place for storing wine
  • Galician: adega — underground place for storing wine
  • Galician: bodega — underground place for storing wine
  • Galician: cava — underground place for storing wine
  • Georgian: მარანი (marani) — underground place for storing wine
  • German: Weinkeller — underground place for storing wine
  • German: Woikella — underground place for storing wine
  • Greek: βαγεναριό (vagenarió) — underground place for storing wine
  • Ancient Greek: οἰνών (oinṓn) — underground place for storing wine
  • Ancient Greek: οἰνοθήκη (oinothḗkē) — underground place for storing wine
  • Hungarian: borospince — underground place for storing wine
  • Icelandic: vínkjallari — underground place for storing wine
  • Italian: cantina — underground place for storing wine
  • Italian: cantina vinicola — underground place for storing wine
  • Italian: tinaia — underground place for storing wine
  • Japanese: ワインセラー (wain serā) — underground place for storing wine
  • Latvian: vīna pagrabs — underground place for storing wine
  • Lombard: cantina — underground place for storing wine
  • Luxembourgish: Wäikeller — underground place for storing wine
  • Macedonian: ви́нарска ви́зба (vínarska vízba) — underground place for storing wine
  • Macedonian: ви́зба (vízba) — underground place for storing wine
  • Classical Nahuatl: occalli — underground place for storing wine
  • Classical Nahuatl: vino calli — underground place for storing wine
  • Classical Nahuatl: octlālīlōyān — underground place for storing wine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vinkjeller — underground place for storing wine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vinkjellar — underground place for storing wine
  • Occitan: chai — underground place for storing wine
  • Occitan: cava (Languedocien) — underground place for storing wine
  • Occitan: celièr (Languedocien) — underground place for storing wine
  • Ossetian: сӕндон (sændon) — underground place for storing wine
  • Polish: piwnica win — underground place for storing wine
  • Portuguese: adega — underground place for storing wine
  • Portuguese: adega de vinhos — underground place for storing wine
  • Romagnol: canténa — underground place for storing wine
  • Romanian: pivniță de vinuri — underground place for storing wine
  • Romanian: cramă — underground place for storing wine
  • Russian: ви́нный по́греб (vínnyj pógreb) — underground place for storing wine
  • Sango: ndobata-vêen — underground place for storing wine
  • Slovak: vínna pivnica — underground place for storing wine
  • Spanish: bodega — underground place for storing wine
  • Spanish: cava — underground place for storing wine
  • Swedish: vinkällare — underground place for storing wine
  • Turkish: şarap mahzeni — underground place for storing wine
  • Ukrainian: ви́нниця (výnnycja) — underground place for storing wine
  • Venetan: càneva — underground place for storing wine
  • Vietnamese: hầm rượu — underground place for storing wine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葡萄酒收藏 (pútáojiǔ shōucáng) — collection of wine
  • Finnish: viinikellari — collection of wine
  • French: œnothèque — collection of wine
  • German: Weinsammlung — collection of wine
  • Italian: enoteca — collection of wine
  • Portuguese: adega — collection of wine
  • Romanian: cramă — collection of wine