malvasia

See also: Malvasia

English

Etymology

From Italian, from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις). Doublet of malvoisie.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmalvəˈsɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmælvəˈsi.ə/, /ˌmælvəˈzi.ə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

Noun

malvasia (countable and uncountable, plural malvasias)

1. A variety of grape, originally from the region of the Aegean, now used to make malmsey wine.

Translations

grapevine used to make malmsey

• French: malvoisie (fr) m or f
• German: Malvasier m
• Greek: μαλβαζία f (malvazía)
• Italian: malvasia (it) f or m
• Polish: małmazja (pl) f
• Portuguese: malvasia (pt) m or f
• Russian: мальва́зия (ru) f (malʹvázija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ма̀лва̄зија f

  Roman: màlvāzija (sh) f

• Sicilian: marvasìa m or f
• Spanish: malvasía f
• Ukrainian: мальва́зія f (malʹvázija)

Further reading

• malvasia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

From Malvasia, from earlier Malvesia, mediaeval Catalan name for the Greek town of Μονεμβασίᾱ (Monembasíā) where the grape is thought to have originated.

Noun

malvasia f (plural malvasies)

1. (viticulture) malvasia
2. (wine) malmsey
3. (zoology) stiff-tailed duck (anatid in the genus Oxyura^ws)

Further reading

• “malvasia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “malvasia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Alternative forms

• malvagia (archaic)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mal.vaˈzi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: mal‧va‧sì‧a

Noun

malvasia f (plural malvasie)

1. (usually uncountable) malvasia (grapevine)
2. (usually uncountable) malmsey (wine)

Descendants

• → English: malvasia