Valpolicella
Val·po·li·cel·la/ˌvɑlpoʊlɪˈtʃɛlə/noun
Valpolicella is a noun meaning “A dry red wine made in the Valpolicella region, made from various local grape varieties and consequently of variable quality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-L-P-O-L-I-C-E-L-L-A and has 5 syllables (Val·po·li·cel·la), and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Valpolicella is Valpolicellas.
What does Valpolicella mean?
noun
- 1
A dry red wine made in the Valpolicella region, made from various local grape varieties and consequently of variable quality.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Valpolicella?
- UK /ˌvalpɒlɪˈtʃɛlə/
- US /ˌvɑlpoʊlɪˈtʃɛlə/
- US /ˌvælpoʊlɪˈtʃɛlə/
Valpolicella has 5 syllables, split Val·po·li·cel·la in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Valpolicella
- Valpolicellas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Valpolicella?
Valpolicella appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th 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 Valpolicella come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Italian Valpolicella, of uncertain origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).