英语词汇“Pontac”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Pontac

/ˈpɒntak/

(also pontac)

noun

In early use: a type of French red wine. Later: specifically a dark red wine similar to port, produced mainly in South Africa; (also) the distinctive red-fleshed variety of grape from which this wine is made.

In early use the word may have referred to the sort of wines produced by the Pontac family in the Bordeaux region of France.The Pontac grape is thought to have originated in south-west France and to have been introduced to South Africa in the late 17th cent. It is now rarely grown..

Origin

Late 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Blount (1618–1679), antiquary and lexicographer. Apparently from French Pontac (although this is not attested in dictionaries of French until later), further etymology uncertain: perhaps from de Pontac, the name of an influential French wine-making family.

单词	Pontac
释义	Pontac /ˈpɒntak/ (also pontac) noun In early use: a type of French red wine. Later: specifically a dark red wine similar to port, produced mainly in South Africa; (also) the distinctive red-fleshed variety of grape from which this wine is made. In early use the word may have referred to the sort of wines produced by the Pontac family in the Bordeaux region of France.The Pontac grape is thought to have originated in south-west France and to have been introduced to South Africa in the late 17th cent. It is now rarely grown.. Origin Late 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Blount (1618–1679), antiquary and lexicographer. Apparently from French Pontac (although this is not attested in dictionaries of French until later), further etymology uncertain: perhaps from de Pontac, the name of an influential French wine-making family.
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