demijohn

Meaning

A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.

Synonyms

carboy

magnum

wine bottle

large bottle

oil-cruet

Translations

damigiana

dame-jeanne

garrafão

damajuana

Korbflasche

Glasballon

νταμιτζάνα

bonbonne

große Korbflasche

damajoana

δαμιζάνα

tourie

caraffa

bottiglione

dame-jeanne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɛmɪdʒɒn/

Etymology

Partial calque of French dame-jeanne (literally “Lady Jane”), of uncertain origin. Note that the French Jeanne (“Jane, feminine of John”) has changed to the masculine form John, rather than the cognate English Jane.