vignoble

Meaning

vineyard (grape plantation)

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vi.ɲɔbl/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French vignoble (also latinised as vinoblium). According to the most widely accepted theory from Old Occitan vinhobre, from Vulgar Latin *vineoporus, from Ancient Greek ἀμπελoφόρος (ampelophóros, “bearing vines”) by substitution of the component word ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”) with native Latin vinea. However, there are several other theories, for which compare the article cited below.

Sentences

La fin du voit le vignoble touché par le phylloxéra .

The end of the sees the vineyard affected by phylloxera.