furmint
noun
furmint is a noun meaning “A type of grape grown in Hungary, commonly used in tokays” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-R-M-I-N-T, and it appears about once in every 98 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of furmint is furmints.
What does furmint mean?
noun
- 1
A type of grape grown in Hungary, commonly used in tokays.
- 2
A white wine made from this grape.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of furmint
- furmints plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is furmint?
Furmint appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does furmint come from?
From Hungarian furmint, from Middle French fromenté (“a type of grape”). Doublet of frumenty.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).