viognier
French, noun/vjɔ.ɲje/
viognier is a French masculine noun meaning “viognier (white wine-producing grape)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cépage donnant de petits raisins blancs réunis en petites grappes compactes. Il est utilisé notamment au nord…”.
What does viognier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineviognier (white wine-producing grape)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cépage donnant de petits raisins blancs réunis en petites grappes compactes. Il est utilisé notamment au nord de la vallée du Rhône. En France en 2009 on en cultivait plus de 4000 hectares. 2. Vin blanc issu de ce cépage.
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 viognier
- viogniers plural
- vionnier alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce viognier?
- /vjɔ.ɲje/
- \vjɔ.nje\
- \vjɔ.ɲje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is viognier in French?
viognier appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).