dry

dry (of wine or cocktail)

adjective DRYE Rare

Origin: English 'dry', borrowed into French for beverage terminology

Usage Note

Dry is used unchanged from English to describe an unsweetened or very dry wine, champagne, or martini. It sits alongside brut (for sparkling wines) and sec in French wine vocabulary. The word is invariable in French and always written in roman script.

Examples

"Il préfère le martini dry au martini sucré."

Natural Translation

He prefers the dry martini to the sweet martini.

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