malvasia
/ˌmælvəˈsi.ə/noun
malvasia is spelled M-A-L-V-A-S-I-A: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, malvasia means “A variety of grape, originally from the region of the Aegean, now used to make malmsey wine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of malvasia is malvasias.
How many letters and syllables are in malvasia?
| Letters | 8: M-A-L-V-A-S-I-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 152,206th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is malvasia?
Malvasia appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th 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).
How do you pronounce malvasia?
- UK /ˌmalvəˈsɪə/
- US /ˌmælvəˈsi.ə/
- US /ˌmælvəˈzi.ə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with malvasia?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as malvasia from its last stressed vowel (/iə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of malvasia
- malvasias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does malvasia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A variety of grape, originally from the region of the Aegean, now used to make malmsey wine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Malvasia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense grapevine used to make malmsey:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does malvasia come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).