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Apr 11, 2002 12:21
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French term
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Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, French to English, English
racé
French to English
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Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
Wine
Used to describe Riesling wine:
Sec, racé, délicatement fruité, offre un bouquet d'une grande finesse ...
Could it possibly be to do with aftertaste, but in a positive sense, the word aftertaste has negative connotations for me ...
Sec, racé, délicatement fruité, offre un bouquet d'une grande finesse ...
Could it possibly be to do with aftertaste, but in a positive sense, the word aftertaste has negative connotations for me ...
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | racy wine |
GILLES MEUNIER
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| 4 +1 | distinctive/having distinction/with distinction |
RHELLER
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| 4 +1 | distinguished |
Steven Geller
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| 4 | elegant |
Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
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Proposed translations
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racy wine
voilà
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Note added at 2002-04-11 12:29:26 (GMT)
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Racy. Having distinctive piquancy, as racy wine. It was first applied to wine, and,
according to Cowley, comes to us from the Spanish and Portuguese raiz (root ...
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Note added at 2002-04-11 17:39:18 (GMT)
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Racy wine est un bon choix, ça va au-delà de \"elegant wine\' . On garde la même racine race et c\'est ça qu\'on veut exprimer en fait, un vin qui se distingue des autres
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Note added at 2002-04-11 12:29:26 (GMT)
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Racy. Having distinctive piquancy, as racy wine. It was first applied to wine, and,
according to Cowley, comes to us from the Spanish and Portuguese raiz (root ...
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Note added at 2002-04-11 17:39:18 (GMT)
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Racy wine est un bon choix, ça va au-delà de \"elegant wine\' . On garde la même racine race et c\'est ça qu\'on veut exprimer en fait, un vin qui se distingue des autres
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you to everyone. I was interested to discover that a wine can be racy - I tend to think of it being used to describe a woman!"
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Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
Canada
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Native in: French (Variant: Canadian)
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elegant
Domaine(s) : oenologie
1 / 1
racé
Déf. :
Qui présente des caractères qualitatifs d'originalité bien accusés.
1 / 1
racé
Déf. :
Qui présente des caractères qualitatifs d'originalité bien accusés.
Peer comment(s):
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Marcus Malabad
: see below
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Le langage des vins est généralement considéré comme une véritable poésie pour décrire les qualités organoleptiques de ce nectar tant apprécié. Il n'y a pas d'entorse au vocabulaire en utilisant des termes aussi imagés.
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GILLES MEUNIER
: it's true that the term is a bit too general
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| agree |
Yolanda Broad
: I just ran a Google search with "racy," "distinguished," "classy" & "elegant" "Elegant" is the only one that gets a lot of hits. I also tried "distinctive," but find such phrases as "distinctive taste of tomato"... Does not equal "racé"!
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+1
1 hr
distinctive/having distinction/with distinction
PETIT ROBERT
"qui a une distinction, une elegance naturelle"
this is normally used to describe "personne" but nowadays, in my opinion, is acceptable
"qui a une distinction, une elegance naturelle"
this is normally used to describe "personne" but nowadays, in my opinion, is acceptable
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
: Très acceptable également. Il ne fuat pas avoir peur des mots !!!
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distinguished
In this context, it means "distinguished" = a "distinguished wine"
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