vin ordinaire

American  

[van nawr-dee-ner] / vɛ̃ nɔr diˈnɛr /

noun

French.

• vins ordinaires
  plural

1. inexpensive table wine, usually of unspecified origin.

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vin ordinaire British  

/ vɛ̃n ɔrdinɛr /

noun

1. cheap table wine, esp French

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• vins ordinaires
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of vin ordinaire

Literally, “ordinary wine”

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

vin ordinaire

“There I discovered a love of couscous, vin ordinaire, Gauloise cigarettes and those otherworldly Citroen sedans,” he wrote.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2021

At Orange, the crowd in the Place Georges Clemenceau was as thin and spiritless as the local vin ordinaire.

From Time Magazine Archive

First, the Modesto, Calif., company found a French partner--wine cooperative Sieur d'Arques, in the southern Languedoc area, the region that produces much of France's lower-priced vin ordinaire.

From Time Magazine Archive

And surplus premium grapes could be bought up cheaply and blended into lower-priced wines, making America's vin ordinaire rather extraordinaire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wine is drank throughout the dinner, and never after; but light as their vin ordinaire generally is, they always dilute it with water.

From How to Enjoy Paris in 1842 Intended to Serve as a Companion and Monitor, Containing Historical, Political, Commercial, Artistical, Theatrical And Statistical Information by F. Hervé

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