tokay

¹

[ toh-key ]

noun

1. a gecko, Gekko gecko, of the Malay Archipelago and southeastern Asia: sometimes kept as a pet.

Tokay

²

[ toh-key ]

noun

1. an aromatic wine made from Furmint grapes grown in the district surrounding Tokay, a town in NE Hungary.
2. Horticulture.
   1. a large, red variety of grape, grown for table use.
   2. the vine bearing this fruit, grown in California.
3. a sweet, strong white wine made in California.

Tokay

¹

/ təʊˈkeɪ /

noun

1. a fine sweet wine made near Tokaj, Hungary
2. a variety of large sweet grape used to make this wine
3. a similar wine made elsewhere

tokay

²

/ ˈtəʊkeɪ /

noun

1. a small gecko, Gekko gecko, of S and SE Asia, having a retractile claw at the tip of each digit

Word History and Origins

Origin of tokay¹

1745–55; < dialectal Malay tokeʔ < Javanese təʔkəʔ (spelling tekek)

Word History and Origins

Origin of tokay¹

from Malay toke, of imitative origin

Example Sentences

The reader is requested to look at Neisse; for besides the Tokay wine, there will things arrive there.

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The champagne seemed to flow in fountains, and was only interrupted that the guests might quaff Burgundy or taste Tokay.

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It contained the precious wine of Tokay with which he filled the two glasses to the brim.

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The next year he died suddenly, in his wooden palace at Tokay.

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I was little aware that he had, at that time, two hundred bottles of my best Tokay in his cellar.

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