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tokay

1

[ toh-key ]

noun

  1. a gecko, Gekko gecko, of the Malay Archipelago and southeastern Asia: sometimes kept as a pet.


Tokay

2

[ toh-key ]

noun

  1. an aromatic wine made from Furmint grapes grown in the district surrounding Tokay, a town in NE Hungary.
  2. Horticulture.
    1. a large, red variety of grape, grown for table use.
    2. the vine bearing this fruit, grown in California.
  3. a sweet, strong white wine made in California.

Tokay

1

/ təʊˈkeɪ /

noun

  1. a fine sweet wine made near Tokaj, Hungary
  2. a variety of large sweet grape used to make this wine
  3. a similar wine made elsewhere
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


tokay

2

/ ˈtəʊkeɪ /

noun

  1. a small gecko, Gekko gecko, of S and SE Asia, having a retractile claw at the tip of each digit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tokay1

1745–55; < dialectal Malay tokeʔ < Javanese təʔkəʔ (spelling tekek)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tokay1

from Malay toke, of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

The reader is requested to look at Neisse; for besides the Tokay wine, there will things arrive there.

The champagne seemed to flow in fountains, and was only interrupted that the guests might quaff Burgundy or taste Tokay.

It contained the precious wine of Tokay with which he filled the two glasses to the brim.

The next year he died suddenly, in his wooden palace at Tokay.

I was little aware that he had, at that time, two hundred bottles of my best Tokay in his cellar.

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