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Definition of Kir in English: Kirnounkɪəkir mass nountrademark A drink made from dry white wine and cassis. Example sentencesExamples - I decided against a bottle of wine as Mother had already drained her Kir with some speed and had begun to confuse her spoonerisms with her malapropisms.
- Compared with Il Trovatore, this was like a perky glass of Kir beside a great brooding pint of Guinness.
- This is a crisp, fresh, white wine from the Cassis Region in France, not to be confused with the more common blackcurrant liqueur, from the same area, that is often added to white wine or champagne to make Kir.
- I ordered a Kir to match my paper, and it was so perfectly blushed that I ordered another.
- In France, a standard wine glass is always used for Kir, with the flute being reserved for Kir Royal.
Origin 1960s: named after Canon Félix Kir (1876–1968), a mayor of Dijon who is said to have invented the recipe. Definition of Kir in US English: Kir(also kir) nounkir trademark A drink made from dry white wine and crème de cassis. Example sentencesExamples - I decided against a bottle of wine as Mother had already drained her Kir with some speed and had begun to confuse her spoonerisms with her malapropisms.
- This is a crisp, fresh, white wine from the Cassis Region in France, not to be confused with the more common blackcurrant liqueur, from the same area, that is often added to white wine or champagne to make Kir.
- In France, a standard wine glass is always used for Kir, with the flute being reserved for Kir Royal.
- I ordered a Kir to match my paper, and it was so perfectly blushed that I ordered another.
- Compared with Il Trovatore, this was like a perky glass of Kir beside a great brooding pint of Guinness.
Origin 1960s: named after Canon Félix Kir (1876–1968), a mayor of Dijon who is said to have invented the recipe. |