kirsch

See also: Kirsch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French kirsch, from German Kirschwasser (“cherry water”). Doublet of cerise and cherry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪə(ɹ)ʃ/, /kɜː(ɹ)ʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)ʃ, -ɜː(ɹ)ʃ

Noun

kirsch (usually uncountable, plural kirsches)

1. (often capitalized) A clear brandy made from black cherries: kirschwasser.

Translations

clear brandy

• Catalan: kirsch (ca) m
• Esperanto: kirŝo
• Finnish: kirsikkaviina
• French: kirsch (fr) m
• Galician: kirsch (gl) m
• German: Kirschwasser (de) n
• Ido: kirsho (io)
• Italian: kirsch m
• Japanese: キルシュヴァッサー (kirushuvassā), キルシュ (kirushu)
• Polish: kirsch (pl) m
• Portuguese: kirsch (pt) m, quirche (pt) m
• Spanish: kirsch m
• Volapük: celabrändin

Anagrams

• chirks

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French kirsch, from German Kirschwasser (“cherry water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkirʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkiɾʃ]

Noun

kirsch m (invariable)

1. kirsch

Further reading

• “kirsch” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “kirsch”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “kirsch” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “kirsch” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From German Kirschwasser (“cherry water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiʁʃ/

• Audio:

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Noun

kirsch m (plural kirschs)

1. kirsch

References

• Ortolang definition

Further reading

• “kirsch”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

From German Kirschwasser (“cherry water”).

Noun

kirsch m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of quirche

References

• dicio.com