apéritif
English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French apéritif. Doublet of aperitive.
Pronunciation edit
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
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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)
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Descendants edit
- → Dutch: aperitief
- → Indonesian: aperitif
- → Greek: απεριτίφ (aperitíf)
- → Hungarian: aperitif
- → Polish: aperitif
- → Turkish: aperitif
Further reading edit
- “apéritif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.