Rhenish

English

Alternative forms

• Rhinish, Rheinish
• Renish, Rennish (obsolete)

Etymology

From Rhine +‎ -ish (with the first element taking a Latinate form; see Rhēnus).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛnɪʃ/

Adjective

Rhenish (comparative more Rhenish, superlative most Rhenish)

1. Pertaining to wine produced in the Rhine region. [from 14th c.]
2. Pertaining to the Rhine river or region. [from 15th c.]

Synonyms

• (uncommon) Rhenian, Rhenic, Rhenane
• (region-related) Rhinelandic

Derived terms

• Rhenish fan

Translations

pertaining to the river Rhine

• Armenian: հռենոսյան (hṙenosyan)
• Bulgarian: рейнски (rejnski)
• Catalan: renà (ca)
• French: rhénan (fr)
• German: rheinisch (de)
• Hungarian: rajnai (hu)
• Irish: Réineach
• Italian: renano (it)
• Portuguese: renano (pt)
• Russian: рейнский (ru) (rejnskij)
• Spanish: renano (es)
• Welsh: Rheinaidd

Noun

Rhenish (uncountable)

1. A wine from the area around the Rhine.

   He insists on drinking Rhenish from a stein!

   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     A peſtilence on him for a madde rogue, a pourd a flagon of Reniſh on my head once; […]

2. The linguistic varieties spoken in the Rhineland, a continuum between traditional dialects and regional forms of Standard German.

   Synonym: Rhinelandic

Derived terms

• Low Rhenish

Translations

regional form of High German

• German: Rheinisch (de) n
• Portuguese: renano (pt) m

Further reading

• Rhinelandic regiolect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia