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Yquem

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

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  • CMU ARPABET: IY1 K W AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Château d'Yquem, a prestigious wine produced in Sauternes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

a sweet white French wine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: white wine

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French, itself from Occitan Iquem, variant of Eiquem (French: Eyquem), from Latin Achelmus/Aichelmus, ultimately from Germanic.