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winery

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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  • /ˈwaɪnəɹi/
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  • CMU ARPABET: W AY1 N ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A place where wine is made.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: winehouse (precisely meronymous)
  • Their Napa Valley winery was built in 1958 on the site of a former vegetable farm.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: winehouse[Appendix:Glossary

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A company that makes wine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: winemaker (person or company)
  • Their Napa Valley winery now has several locations.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: winemaker

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

distillery where wine is made

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wine maker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: distillery, still

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh1y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh1ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnumbor. Proto-Germanic *wīną Proto-West Germanic *wīn Old English wīn Middle English wyn English wine Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English winery From wine + -ry.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَنْبَذَة (manbaḏa) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Arabic: مَصْنَع خَمْرَة (maṣnaʕ ḵamra) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Bulgarian: вина́рска и́зба (vinárska ízba) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Bulgarian: вина́рна (vinárna) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葡萄酒釀造廠 /葡萄酒酿造厂 (pútáojiǔ niàngzàochǎng) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葡萄酒廠 /葡萄酒厂 (pútáojiǔ chǎng) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酒莊 /酒庄 (jiǔzhuāng) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Czech: vinařství — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Dutch: wijnmakerij — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Finnish: viinitila — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Finnish: viinitalo — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Finnish: viininvalmistamo — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • French: vinerie — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Galician: adega — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • German: Winzerei — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • German: Weingut — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • German: Weinkellerei — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Hebrew: יֶקֶב (yékev) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Hungarian: borászat — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Italian: cantina — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Japanese: ワイナリー (wainarī) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Japanese: ワイン醸造所 (wain jōzōsho) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Korean: 와이너리 (waineori) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Macedonian: винарија (vinarija) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Māori: whare wāina — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vingård — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Polish: winiarnia — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Portuguese: vinícola — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Russian: виноде́льня (vinodélʹnja) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Russian: ви́нный заво́д (vínnyj zavód) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Serbo-Croatian: вина̀рија — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Serbo-Croatian: vinàrija — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Slovak: vinárstvo — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Spanish: bodega — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Swedish: vineri — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Ukrainian: вина́рня (vynárnja) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
  • Ukrainian: виноро́бня (vynoróbnja) — a place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine
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