amontillado

From Spanish amontillado.

amontillado (countable and uncountable, plural amontillados)

1. A pale, dry sherry from Montilla.

From Spanish.

• IPA^(key): /a.mɔ̃.ti.ja.do/

amontillado m (plural amontillados)

1. amontillado

• “amontillado”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• amontilhado

amontillado m (plural amontillados)

1. amontillado (a type of Spanish wine)

From a- +‎ Montilla +‎ -ar, named for the town in southern Spain where the wine was originally made. The place name is from a diminutive of montaña.

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧mon‧ti‧lla‧do

amontillado m (plural amontillados)

1. amontillado

• “amontillado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28