different between primitivo vs zinfandel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian primitivo.

Noun

primitivo (uncountable)

1. A grape variety from Puglia, genetically identical to zinfandel; the red wine made from this grape.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin pr?mit?vus.

Adjective

primitivo m (feminine singular primitiva, masculine plural primitivos, feminine plural primitivas)

1. primitive

Derived terms

• primitivamente
• primitivismo

Further reading

• “primitivo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pr?mit?vus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pri.mi?ti.vo/

Adjective

primitivo (feminine primitiva, masculine plural primitivi, feminine plural primitive)

1. primitive
2. original (significance)

Derived terms

• primitivismo
• primitività

Noun

primitivo m (plural primitivi)

1. primitive man
2. a grape variety from Puglia, genetically identical to zinfandel; the red wine made from this grape

Descendants

• ? English: primitivo

Further reading

• primitivo¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• primitivo² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

pr?mit?v?

1. dative masculine singular of pr?mit?vus
2. dative neuter singular of pr?mit?vus
3. ablative masculine singular of pr?mit?vus
4. ablative neuter singular of pr?mit?vus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin pr?mit?vus.

Adjective

primitivo m (feminine singular primitiva, masculine plural primitivos, feminine plural primitivas, comparable)

1. primitive (pertaining to or harking back to a former time)
2. primitive (characterised by simplicity or crudeness)

Derived terms

• primitivamente
• primitivismo

Noun

primitivo m (plural primitivos)

1. primitive (member of a primitive society)

Further reading

• “primitivo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pr?mit?vus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?imi?tibo/, [p?i.mi?t?i.??o]

Adjective

primitivo (feminine primitiva, masculine plural primitivos, feminine plural primitivas)

1. primitive
2. original, initial, basic

Derived terms

Further reading

• “primitivo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Unknown origin; wine sense used from 1896, grape sense from 1880.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?z?nfn?d?l/

Noun

zinfandel (countable and uncountable, plural zinfandels)

1. A dry red wine of California.
   • 2008, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots: 419

     This zinfandel’s delish. Where’d you get it?

2. A small black grape from which zinfandel wine is made.

Synonyms

• Black St. Peters, Crljenak Kaštelanski, Gioia Del Colle, Locale, Morellone, Plavac Veliki, Primaticcio, Primativo, Primitivo, Primitivo Di Gioia, Primitivo Nero, Taranto, Uva Della Pergola, Uva Di Corato, Zeinfandall, Zenfendal, Zin / zin (informal), Zinfandal, Zinfardel, Zinfardell, Zinfindal, Zinfindel, ZPC

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