absinthe

See also absînthe, and Absinthe

English

Wikipedia

Glasses of absinthe with slotted spoons and sugar cubes.

Alternative forms

• absinth

Etymology

• French absinthe, from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek αψίνθιον (apsinthion, “wormwood”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈæb.sɪnθ/ X-SAMPA: /"{b.sInT/
• (US) IPA: /ˈæb.sɪnθ/

Noun

absinthe (plural absinthes)

1. The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium, (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
2. (figuratively) Bitterness; sorrow. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
3. (alcohol): A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
4. A moderate yellow green; absinthe green. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]

   absinthe green colour:

5. (US) Sagebrush

Usage notes

• (wormwood): Absinth is the preferred spelling of this sense only.

Translations

liquor

• Bulgarian: абсент (bg) (absent)
• Catalan: absenta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 苦艾酒 (cmn) (kǔ'àijiǔ)

• Czech: absinth (cs) m, absint (cs) m
• Danish: absint (da)
• Dutch: absint (nl)
• Estonian: absint (et)
• Finnish: absintti (fi)
• French: absinthe (fr) m
• Galician: asente (gl) m
• German: Absinth (de) m, Wermutbranntwein (de) n
• Greek: αψέντι (el) (apsénti) n
• Hungarian: abszint (hu)
• Icelandic: malurtarbrennivín (is) n
• Ido: absintoliquoro (io)
• Interlingua: absinthe (ia)
• Italian: assenzio (it) m
• Japanese: アブサン (ja) (abusan)

• Jèrriais: absînthe f
• Latvian: absints (lv)
• Macedonian: апсинт (mk) (apsint) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: absint (no) m

  Nynorsk: absint (nn) m

• Novial: absinte
• Polish: absynt (pl) m
• Portuguese: absinto (pt) m
• Romanian: absint (ro)
• Russian: абсент (ru) (absɛ́nt) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: апсинт (sh) m

  Roman: apsint (sh) m

• Spanish: ajenjo (es) m, absintio (es) m
• Swedish: absint (sv) c
• Turkish: absint (tr)
• Ukrainian: абсент (uk) (absent) m

Artemisia absinthium

• Asturian: axenxu (ast) m
• Bulgarian: пелин (bg) (pelin)
• Catalan: donzell (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 苦艾 (cmn) (kǔ'ài)

• Czech: pelyněk (cs) m
• Dutch: alsem (nl) m
• Esperanto: absinto (eo)
• Estonian: koirohi (et)
• Finnish: koiruoho (fi), mali (fi)
• Galician: absintio (gl) m, asento (gl) m, asente (gl) m
• German: Wermut (de) m
• Greek: αψιθιά (el) (apsithiá) f

• Hungarian: fehér üröm (hu)
• Interlingua: absinthio (ia)
• Japanese: 苦蓬 (ja) (nigayomogi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: malurt (no) m

  Nynorsk: malurt (nn) m

• Polish: piołun (pl) m
• Portuguese: absinto (pt) m
• Romanian: pelin (ro) m
• Russian: полынь (ru) (polýn’) f
• Spanish: ajenjo (es) m
• Swedish: malört (sv) c

References

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

absinthe

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin absinthium.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ap.sɛ̃t/

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Noun

absinthe f (plural absinthes)

1. wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
2. absinthe

Verb

absinthe

1. See absinther