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[Middle English, light-colored wine, from Old French (vin) claret, diminutive of clair, clear, from Latin clārus. See clear.]
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Name given in the UK to red wines from the Bordeaux region of France.
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[KLAR-eht] 1. A term used by the English when referring to the red wines from bordeaux. 2. Elsewhere, the word claret is sometimes used as a general reference to light red wines. Even though "claret" sometimes appears on labels it has no legal definition.
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[KLAR-eht] 1. A term used by the English when referring to the red wines from bordeaux. It's derived from the French clairet, which refers to a bordeaux wine with a style somewhere between a red and rosé-in short, a light refreshing red wine. It's made by drawing fermenting wine off after very short skin contact. 2. Elsewhere, the word claret is sometimes used as a general reference to light red wines. Even though "claret" sometimes appears on labels, it has no legal definition.
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Claret is a name primarily used in British English for red wine from the Bordeaux region of France.
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Claret derives from the French clairet, [1] a now uncommon dark rosé and the most common wine exported from Bordeaux until the 18th century. It is a protected name within the European Union, describing a red Bordeaux wine, accepted after the British wine trade demonstrated over 300 years' usage of the term.[1]
Claret is occasionally used in the United States as a semi-generic label for red wine in the style of the Bordeaux, ideally of varietals authentic to the region. The French themselves do not use the term, except for export purposes.
The colour "claret" resembles the red hue of Bordeaux wine. It has become a slang term for blood, as in "tapping the claret" meaning giving someone a bloody nose.
Claret is traditionally pronounced /ˈklærɨt/ KLARR-ət. However, since the term is commonly misbelieved to be a French word, it is often mispronounced /klæˈreɪ/ kla-ray.[citation needed]
The standard style of Bordeaux wine has not always been deep red. It used to be closer to a rosé, hence the French clairet, meaning pale. The Plantagenet kingdom, covering England and much of France from 1152 to 1453, encouraged wine trade between the regions. As the taste for clairet developed in England "claret" was adopted to describe it.
In the Late Middle Ages, a claret meant a spiced wine-based drink produced by pouring wine, usually a red, over a bag containing a mix of spices. It was similar, and often identical, to hypocras. Spices that were specific to medieval clarets include anise, caraway, cardamom, cinnamon and fennel. The term now more frequently applies to unspiced red Bordeaux wine.
The meaning of "claret" has changed over time to refer to a dry, dark red Bordeaux.[1]
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - rødvin, [sl] blod, vinrød
Nederlands (Dutch)
rode wijn (m.n. Bordeaux), paars-/ wijnrode kleur, bloed
Français (French)
n. - bordeaux, bordeaux (la couleur)
adj. - bordeaux
Deutsch (German)
n. - roter Bordeauxwein, Rotwein, (Slang) Blut
adj. - weinrot
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (κόκκινο ξηρό κρασί) μπορντό
adj. - βυσσινής, βαθυκόκκινος
Italiano (Italian)
chiaretto, rosso-viola
Português (Portuguese)
n. - espécie (f) de vinho
adj. - purpúreo
Русский (Russian)
кларет, бордовый
Español (Spanish)
n. - clarete, color burdeos
adj. - de color rojo púrpura o burdeos
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rödvin, vinrött
adj. - vinröd
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
红葡萄酒, 深紫红色
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 紅葡萄酒, 深紫紅色
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - クラレット, 濃い赤紫色
adj. - 濃い赤紫色の
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) نوع من النبيذ (صفه) لون أحمر داكن
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - יין אדום, אדום-סגלגל כהה
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