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Definition: Claret |
ClaretNoun1. A dark purplish red. 2. Dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine. Verb1. Drink claret; "They were clareting until well past midnight". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "claret" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of drinking claret, denotes you will come under the influence of ennobling association. To dream of seeing broken bottles of claret, portends you will be induced to commit immoralities by the false persuasions of deceitful persons. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | English name for the red wine of Bordeaux and other dry red wines of similar style. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Claret The wine so called does not receive its name from its colour, but the colour so called receives its name from the wine. The word means clarified wine (vinum claretum) What we call hippocras was called claretum, made of wine and honey clarified. Claret Blood. To broach one's claret. To give one a bloody nose; so called from the claret colour. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | CLARET. French red wine; figuratively, blood. I tapped his claret; I broke his head, and made the blood run. Claret-faced; red-faced. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Synonym: ClaretSynonym: red Bordeaux (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Food | Wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail; gin; (intoxicating liquor); coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep; near beer. beer, non-alcoholic beverage. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Claret |
| English words defined with "claret": claret cup ♦ glogg ♦ red, rue ♦ transparently. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "claret": Bishop, Cardinal, Pope ♦ Claret, Claret Cup and Punch, Claret Jug, College Colours ♦ Drawing the Cork ♦ Rehoboam, Riddle of Claret. (references) |
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Screenplays | Although for such a grand meal I would have expected a claret. (Diamonds Are Forever; writing credit: Richard Maibaum) | |
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 | The decapitation of a great block head by the mysterious agency of the claret coloured coat. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Claret jug of silver, and goblet / July 1, 1854, Bruff. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Samuel Johnson | Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. |
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| "Claret" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Claret" is used about 195 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 195 | 21,939 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "claret": claret cup ♦ claret red. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "claret": claret-flavor, claret-loving, claret-style. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
claret | 44 |
claret jug | 10 |
claret colegio | 7 |
claret wine picnic basket | 7 |
camp claret | 7 |
claret wine | 7 |
claret color | 7 |
antonio claret maria | 5 |
claret school | 4 |
claret school of quezon city | 3 |
cathy claret | 3 |
ash claret | 3 |
claret old | 3 |
claret excel pen | 2 |
claret cup cactus | 2 |
claret sauce | 2 |
claret port | 2 |
claret jug victorian | 2 |
astrantia claret | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "claret"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | verë e kuqe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الكلاريت خمر فرنسي, الأحمر أرجواني داكن, الدم الأحمر, أرجواني داكن. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | червено вино, кръв (blood, lifeblood, sap), виненочервен цвят, виненочервен, бордо (wine, wine-colored, wine-coloured). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | klaret, bordó, èervené víno. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | claret. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | claret. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نوعی شراب قرمز, رنگ قرمزمایل بارغوانی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | claret. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | claret, vin de Bordeaux rouge, vin de bordeaux, sang, rouge, bordeaux. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | rotwein (red wine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κόκκινο κρασί (red wine), είδοσ ερυθρού οίνου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vörösbor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | chiaretto (zinfandel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | claraid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aretclay clarete (pale wine). (various references) vin roşu. (various references) цвет бордо, вино красное. (various references) vrsta vina (rose), klaret, boje vina. (various references) vino tinto (red wine), burdeos (Bordeaux). (various references) rödvin (red wine). (various references) koyu kırmızı (crimson), kan (blood, haemal, haemo-, hema-, hemo-, swore), bordo şarabı (bordeaux wine). (various references) червоне вино (burgundy), темно-червоний колір, колір бордо, бордо (wine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | clarus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "claret": clarets. (additional references) | |
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"Claret" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: calcrete, careth, Careto, charet, Clairette, claras, Claray, clarety, clarit, clarri, Clarte, Clavet, clere, clipet, clire, Cloret, clure, Colart, corte, karl, Klare, Mcgarrett, Olarte, plaret, sclaret. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "claret" (pronounced 'Clar"et'): Acquiet, Anet, Armet, Becket, Blushet, Brocket, Budget, Bushet, Cachet, Chewet, Chuet, Clicket, Comet, Crevet, Crewet, Crocket, Crownet, Cruet, Crumpet, Flacket, Flasket, freshet, grivet, HATCHET, Latchet, Levet, locket, Malet, midget, Miscovet, Moonet, Nidget, Nymphet, Owlet, Piet, Placket, Planchet, Planet, Plashet, Pledget, Poet, Poket, Popet, Porket, Pricket, Privet, Prophet, Puet, Purset, Pyet. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: cartel, rectal. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-r-t" | |
-1 letter: alert, alter, artel, caret, carle, carte, cater, clear, cleat, crate, eclat, lacer, later, ratel, react, recta, taler, trace. | |
-2 letters: acre, alec, care, carl, cart, cate, celt, earl, lace, late, lear, race, rale, rate, real, tace, tael, talc, tale, tare, teal, tear, tela. | |
-3 letters: ace, act, ale, alt, arc, are, art, ate, car, cat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-r-t" | |
+1 letter: article, cartels, central, clarets, clatter, crestal, locater, plectra, recital, scarlet, tackler, trachle, treacle, treacly. | |
+2 letters: acrolect, acrylate, articled, articles, bracelet, bracteal, bractlet, brocatel, calypter, cartable, cellaret, centrals, cervelat, chelator, chlorate, clarinet, clatters, clattery, clearest, collaret, corelate, cultrate, decretal, erotical, excretal, lacerate, lacertid, literacy, locaters, loricate, metrical, particle, pectoral, placater, praelect, prelatic, raclette, recitals, rectally, relocate, retackle, reticula, scarlets, sceptral, sectoral, spectral, sterical, tacklers, tailrace, tracheal, trachled, trachles, tractile, trauchle, treacles, trochlea, ulcerate, vertical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 61 72 65 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. .- .-. . - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01100001 01110010 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l a r e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 0061 0072 0065 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)377867847186 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, Oekraïens, اهل اوکرانی درکشورشوروی , ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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