# zinfandel

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈzɪnfn̩dɛl/ · frequency rank #78,304

## Definitions
1. A dry red wine of California.
2. A small black grape from which zinfandel wine is made.

## Etymology
Unknown origin; wine sense used from 1896, grape sense from 1880. Possibly a transmission of German Zierfandler, a different wine grape, through a Hungarian intermediary such as czirifandli (now Cirfandli).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/zinfandel