ginebra

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Catalan

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Etymology

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First attested in 1868; formally the feminine of ginebre, but possibly taken as an adaptation of French genièvre or English geneva (gin),[1] cf. also jenever.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ginebra f (plural ginebres)

  1. gin
    • 1934, Joan Puig i Ferreter, Camins de França:
      Era una beguda forta, com ginebra o whisky, el nom de la qual jo no havia sentit mai.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

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  • ? Spanish: ginebra

References

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  1. ^ ginebra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French genièvre (juniper),[1] or possibly Catalan ginebra,[2] itself either from ginebre, or taken from French geneva or English geneva. Doublet of enebro.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xiˈnebɾa/ [xiˈne.β̞ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -ebɾa
  • Syllabification: gi‧ne‧bra

Noun

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ginebra f (plural ginebras)

  1. (drinks) gin
    Synonym: gin

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ ginebra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos

Further reading

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