solera

Borrowed from Spanish solera.

solera (countable and uncountable, plural soleras)

1. (uncountable) A method of producing sherry in which small amounts of younger wines stored in an upper tier of casks are systematically blended with the more mature wine in the casks below
2. (countable) A large wine cask, on the bottom tier in this system, that contains the oldest wine

• AOLers, Laroes, Larose, Loeras, arsole, orales, roseal

• IPA^(key): (Central) [suˈle.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [soˈle.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [soˈle.ɾa]

From sòl +‎ -era.

solera f (plural soleres)

1. flat ceiling
2. plinth, support
3. bedstone (of a mill)
4. floor (of an oven)
5. (construction) screed
6. (construction) invert (floor of a tunnel)
7. (winemaking) solera

• sola

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

solera f (plural soleres)

1. female equivalent of soler

• “solera”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From suelo +‎ -era.

• IPA^(key): /soˈleɾa/ [soˈle.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: so‧le‧ra

solera f (plural soleras)

1. solera
2. vintage (wine)
3. (figurative) character, history

   Synonyms: carácter, historia

• “solera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024