English Explanatory Dictionary

whiskey

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
  2. A drink of whiskey.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Whiskey from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
noun
  1. A light gig or carriage drawn by one horse.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɪski/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-عُثمان (Middle river exports)-whiskey.wav En-us-whiskey.oga LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-whiskey.wav /ˈʍɪski/

Word forms

whiskey whiskeys whiskies whisky

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥der. Proto-Celtic *udenskyos Old Irish uisce Irish uisce Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Celtic *biwos Proto-Celtic *-tūts Proto-Celtic *biwotūts Old Irish bethu Irish beatha Medieval Latin aqua vītaecalq. Irish uisce beathabor. ▲ Old Irish uisce Scottish Gaelic uisge ▲ Old Irish bethu Scottish Gaelic beatha Medieval Latin aqua vītaecalq. Scottish Gaelic uisge-beathabor. English usquebaugh English usque English whiskey Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha, calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae (“water of life”). Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, and water of life from the same source and vodka from a Russian diminutive for water in reference to the dilution of pure grain spirits.

Synonyms

usquebaugh scamper juice tim-whiskey

Derived words

blockade whiskey Bourbon whiskey corn whiskey grain whiskey Guthrie's sweet whiskey hot whiskey if-by-whiskey Irish whiskey malt whiskey pisskey sorghum whiskey squirrel whiskey sweet whiskey whiskey butter whiskey dick whiskey fungus whiskey glass whiskey grass whiskey-jack whiskey jack Whiskeyleaks whiskey seat whiskey sour whiskey stone whiskey tango foxtrot whiskeytini tim-whiskey

Translations

Afrikaans: whisky Alabama: okiimi Albanian: uiski Western Apache: túnchʼíʼ Arabic: وِيسْكِي Arabic: وِسْكِي Armenian: վիսկի Asturian: güisqui Azerbaijani: viski Belarusian: ві́скі Bengali: হুইস্কি Breton: wiski Bulgarian: уи́ски Burmese: ဝီစကီ Catalan: whisky Chinese Cantonese: 威士忌酒 Chinese Cantonese: 威士忌 Chinese Mandarin: 威士忌酒 Chinese Mandarin: 威士忌 Cornish: hwiski Czech: whisky Danish: whisky Dutch: whiskey Esperanto: viskio Estonian: viski Finnish: viski French: whisky Galician: whisky Georgian: ვისკი German: Whisky Greek: ουίσκι Greenlandic: whisky Hebrew: וִיסְקִי \ וויסקי Hindi: व्हिस्की Hindi: विलायती पानी Hindi: मदिरा Hindi: शराब Hungarian: whisky Icelandic: viskí Ido: wiskio Indonesian: wiski Irish: fuisce Irish: uisce beatha Italian: whisky Japanese: ウイスキー Japanese: ウィスキー Kazakh: виски Khmer: វីស្គី
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