different between sherry vs vermouth

English

Etymology

From Middle English sherris (interpreted as plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former name of Jerez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ri/
• Rhymes: -?ri

Noun

sherry (usually uncountable, plural sherries)

1. (uncountable) A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
2. A variety of sherry.

3. A glass of sherry.

Coordinate terms

• Madeira
• Marsala

Derived terms

• cooking sherry
• sherrylike
• sherry vinegar
• washing sherry

Translations

See also

• amontillado

Czech

Noun

sherry n

1. sherry (fortified wine)
2. sherry (variety of sherry)
3. sherry (glass of sherry)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??eri/, [??e?ri]
• IPA^(key): /??er?y/, [??e?r?y]
• Syllabification: sher?ry

Noun

sherry

1. sherry

Declension

Italian

Noun

sherry m (invariable)

1. sherry

Polish

Etymology

From English sherry, from Spanish Xeres, Xeres being the former name of Jerez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.r?/

Noun

sherry n (indeclinable)

1. sherry (fortified wine)

Further reading

• sherry in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• sherry in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

From French vermout, vermouth, from German Wermut (“wormwood”). Doublet of wormwood.

The standard of identity in the United States is from the Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, section 4.21(g).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v??mu??/, /?v??m??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /v??mu?/
• Rhymes: -u??

Noun

vermouth (countable and uncountable, plural vermouths)

1. A dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks.

   Hyponym: Martini

   • 2014, Ray Foley, Bartending For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons (?ISBN), page 116:

     Vermouth originated in the 18th century, when wine growers in the foothills of the French and Italian Alps developed a method of enhancing the taste of sour or uncompromising wines with the infusion of a variety of sweeteners, spices, herbs, roots, seeds, flowers, and peel.

2. (US standard of identity) An aperitif wine that matches the general description of vermouth.
3. A serving of vermouth.

Hyponyms

• sweet vermouth; dry vermouth, French (dated slang)

Translations

Further reading

• vermouth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From German Wermut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??.mut/

Noun

vermouth m (plural vermouths)

1. vermouth

Further reading

• “vermouth” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

vermouth

1. vermouth