noun
Bellini
Bellini (noun) means a cocktail made from Prosecco and peach juice or puree. Example: “They toasted brunch with Bellinis on the terrace.”
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A cocktail made from Prosecco and peach juice or puree.
"When made well the Bellini consists of only these two ingredients: chilled fresh white peach puree and Prosecco."
— Derek Brown, The Bellini: A Two-Ingredient Marvel (2010)
"They toasted brunch with Bellinis on the terrace."
How to use Bellini
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA fizzy peach-and-Prosecco cocktail, popular at brunch.
Common pairings
a peach Bellini
order a Bellini
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Etymology
Named by a Venetian bartender after the painter Giovanni Bellini, whose pink-toned paintings the drink’s colour supposedly resembled.
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What does “Bellini” mean?
The word “Bellini” means a cocktail made from Prosecco and peach juice or puree. In plain terms, a fizzy peach-and-Prosecco cocktail, popular at brunch.
How do you use “Bellini” in a sentence?
Here is “Bellini” used in a sentence: “They toasted brunch with Bellinis on the terrace.”
What part of speech is “Bellini”?
“Bellini” is a noun.
What is the meaning of Bellini?
"Bellini" (noun) means a cocktail made from Prosecco and peach juice or puree.
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