apéritif
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French apéritif. Doublet of aperitive.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɑːˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/, /əˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]apéritif (plural apéritifs)
- An alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage
Antonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser
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Further reading
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Medieval Latin aperītīvus (“opening”, adjective).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]apéritif m (plural apéritifs)
Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: aperitief
- → Indonesian: aperitif
- → Greek: απεριτίφ (aperitíf)
- → Hungarian: aperitif
- → Polish: aperitif
- → Romanian: aperitiv
- → Turkish: aperitif
Further reading
[edit]- “apéritif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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