malvoisie
French, noun/mal.vwa.zi/
malvoisie is spelled M-A-L-V-O-I-S-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malvoisie is a French feminine noun meaning “malvasia (variety of grape)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cépage blanc originaire de Grèce, répandu en Italie”.
What does malvoisie mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfemininemasculinemalvasia (variety of grape)
- 2
archaicfemininemasculinemalvoisie, malmsey (sweet fortified wine from that grape)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cépage blanc originaire de Grèce, répandu en Italie. 2. Vin doux grec issu de ce cépage. 3. Muscat.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of malvoisie
- malvoisies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malvoisie?
- /mal.vwa.zi/
- \mal.vwa.zi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malvoisie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malvoisie in French?
malvoisie appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).