Rhenish

English Alternative forms en Rhinish Rheinish en Renish Rennish obsolete Etymology From en Rhine ish (with the first element taking a Latinate form; see la Rhēnus). Pronunciation en /ˈɹɛnɪʃ/ /ˈɹiːnɪʃ/ UK en /ˈɹɛnɪʃ/ /ˈɹinɪʃ/ US Adjective Pertaining to wine produced in the Rhine region. from 14th c. 1616 E2 1 42 He tooke his rouſe with ſtopes of Rhenniſh wine / So kindly yeſternight to Bruno's health, / That all this day the ſluggard kéepes his bed. Pertaining to the Rhine river or region. from 15th c. Synonyms uncommon Rhenian, Rhenic, Rhenane region-related Rhinelandic Derived terms en Rhenish fan Translations pertaining to the river Rhine Armenian: hy հռենոսյան Bulgarian: bg рейнски Catalan: ca renà French: fr rhénan German: de rheinisch Hungarian: hu rajnai Irish: ga Réineach Italian: it renano Portuguese: pt renano Russian: ru рейнский Spanish: es renano Welsh: cy Rheinaidd Noun - A wine from the area around the Rhine. en He insists on drinking Rhenish from a stein! Q2 V i 92 A peſtilence on him for a madde rogue, a pourd a flagon of Reniſh on my head once; The linguistic varieties spoken in the Rhineland, a continuum between traditional dialects and regional forms of Standard German. en Rhinelandic Derived terms en Low Rhenish Translations regional form of High German German: de Rheinisch n Portuguese: pt renano m Further reading Rhinelandic regiolect en Wine