claret

noun

clar·​et ˈkler-ət 

ˈkla-rət

1

: a red Bordeaux wine

also : a similar wine produced elsewhere

2

: a dark purplish red

claret adjective

Examples of claret in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The dark claret of blood is so crucial to our perception of red meat that when Impossible Burger hit shelves, the company touted its embrace of the ingredient heme to convince people of its parity with ground beef. —Bedatri D. Choudhury, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025

Watching on helplessly with Adomah are nine others in the claret and blue of Aston Villa. —Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025

By the final whistle there are thousands of empty white and claret seats and the mood is one of quiet resignation. —Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025

The Monaco-Monte Carlo train station will change colour this morning, with a swarm of claret and blue shirts travelling along the Mediterranean coast from Nice before strolling around the city in the afternoon. —Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French (vin) claret clear wine, from claret clear, from cler clear

First Known Use

1701, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for claret

• abet
• asset
• baguette
• banquette
• barbette
• beget
• beset
• brevet
• briquette
• brunet
• brunette
• burette

Kids Definition

claret

noun

clar·​et ˈklar-ət 

1

: a dry red table wine

2

: a dark purplish red

claret adjective