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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English drinken, from Old English drincan (“to drink, swallow up, engulf”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), *drengkan, of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dhrengh- (“to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp”), nasalised variant of *dhregh- (“to draw, glide”). Cognate with West Frisian drinke (“to drink”), Dutch drinken (“to drink”), German trinken (“to drink”), Danish drikke (“to drink”).
Verb
drink (third-person singular simple present drinks, present participle drinking, simple past drank} or regional or nonstardard drunk, past participle drunk)
- (transitive, intransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
- He drank the water I gave him.
- You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
- (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
- You've been drinking, haven't you?
- No thanks, I don't drink.
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Derived terms
Terms derived from drink (verb)
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Translations
consume liquid through the mouth
- Afrikaans: drink (af)
- Akkadian: 𒅘 (
 , šatû, NAG)
- Albanian: pi (sq)
- American Sign Language: C@NearMouth-TipForward C@NearMouth-TipUp
- Amharic: መጠጣት (am) (mäṭäṭat)
- Arabic: شرب (ar) (šáriba)
- Egyptian Arabic: شرب (shirib)
- Moroccan Arabic: شْرب (shreb)
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܫܬܐ (šθa)
- Armenian: խմել (hy) (xmel)
- Aromanian: beau (rup)
- Asturian: beber (ast), tomar (ast)
- Basque: edan (eu)
- Belarusian: піць (be) (pic’)
- Bengali: পানীয় (bn) (panīẏô)
- Breton: eva (br)
- Bulgarian: пия (bg) (píja)
- Burmese: သောက် (my) (thauk)
- Catalan: beure (ca)
- Cebuano: inum
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 飲, 饮 (yam2), 喝 (hot3) (formal)
- Mandarin: 喝 (cmn) (hē), 飲 (cmn), 饮 (cmn) (yǐn)
- Min Nan: 啉 (nan) (lim)
- Czech: pít (cs)
- Dalmatian: bar
- Danish: drikke (da)
- Dutch: drinken (nl)
- Esperanto: trinki (eo)
- Estonian: jooma (et)
- Fijian: gunuva (fj)
- Finnish: juoda (fi)
- French: boire (fr)
- Friulian: bevi
- Galician: beber (gl)
- Georgian: სმა (ka) (sma) , დალევა (ka) (daleva)
- German: trinken (de)
- Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽 (drigkan)
- Greek: πίνω (el) (píno) (used for animals also), απορροφώ (el) (aporrofó) (used for plants)
- Greenlandic: imerpoq (kl)
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Haitian Creole: bwè
- Hawaiian: inu
- Hebrew: שתה (he) (shatá)
- Hindi: पीना (hi) (pīnā), सोखना (hi) (sokhnā)
- Hungarian: iszik (hu)
- Icelandic: drekka (is)
- Ido: drinkar (io)
- Indonesian: minum (id)
- Interlingua: biber (ia)
- Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
- Inuktitut: ᐃᒥᖅᑐᖅ (iu)
- Irish: ól (ga)
- Old Irish: ibid
- Isthmus Zapotec: reʼ
- Italian: bere (it)
- Japanese: 飲む (ja) (のむ, nomu), 召し上がる (ja) (めしあがる, meshi-agaru) (honorific), 頂く (ja) (いただく, itadaku) (humble)
- Jèrriais: baithe
- Kazakh: ішу (kk) (işu)
- Khmer: ផឹក (km) (pʰək)
- Korean: 마시다 (ko) (masida), (honorific) 드시다 (ko) (deusida)
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: vexwarin (ku)
- Sorani: xwardinewe (ku)
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- Lao: ດື່ມ (lo) (dyym)
- Latgalian: dzert
- Latin: bibo (la), poto (la)
- Latvian: dzert (lv)
- Lithuanian: gerti (lt)
- Lojban: pinxe (jbo)
- Luxembourgish: drénken (lb)
- Macedonian: пие (mk) (píe)
- Malay: minum (ms)
- Malayalam: കുടിയ്ക്കുക (ml) (kutikkuka)
- Maltese: xorob
- Manx: oyl (gv)
- Marathi: पिणे (mr), (द्रव) पान, पीना (mr) (pIna)
- Middle High German: trinken
- Mongolian: шингээх (mn) (šingeekh) , сорох (mn) (sorokh)
- Neapolitan: veve
- Norwegian: drikke (no)
- Novial: drinka
- Occitan: beure (oc)
- Old Church Slavonic: пити (piti)
- Old English: drincan (ang)
- Old High German: trinkan
- Old Saxon: drinkan
- Oriya: ପିଇବା (or) (paibā)
- Persian: نوشیدن (fa) (nušidan), آشامیدن (fa) (âšâmidan)
- Polish: pić (pl)
- Portuguese: beber (pt), tomar (pt)
- Romanian: bea (ro)
- Romansch: baiver (rm)
- Russian: пить (ru) (pit’)
- Sanskrit: पिबति (sa)
- Scottish Gaelic: òl (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: п̏ити (sh) impf., по̀пити (sh) pf., ѝспити (sh) pf.
- Roman: pȉti (sh) impf., pòpiti (sh) pf., ìspiti (sh) pf.
- Sicilian: bìviri (scn), vìviri (scn)
- Slovak: piť (sk)
- Slovene: piti (sl)
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: piś
- Spanish: beber (es), tomar (es) (Latin America)
- Swahili: kunywa (sw)
- Swedish: dricka (sv)
- Tagalog: inom (tl)
- Tajik: нӯшидан (tg) (nūšidan)
- Telugu: తాగు (te) (tāgu)
- Thai: ดื่ม (th) (dèum)
- Turkish: içmek (tr)
- Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎚𐎊 (šty)
- Ukrainian: пити (uk) (pýty)
- Urdu: پینا (ur) (pīnā)
- Vietnamese: uống (vi)
- Volapük: please add this translation if you can
- Walloon: boere (wa)
- West Frisian: drinke (fy)
- Yiddish: טרינקען (yi) (trinken)
- Zazaki: şımıtene
- Zulu: -phuza (zu)
- ǃKung: čiŋ
- ǃXóõ: kxʻāhã
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consume alcoholic beverages
- Afrikaans: drink (af)
- Armenian: խմել (hy) (xmel)
- Asturian: beber (ast)
- Basque: edan (eu), zurrut egin (eu), txurrut egin (eu)
- Bulgarian: пия (bg) (pija)
- Catalan: beure (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 喝 (cmn)酒 (cmn) (hē jiǔ)
- Czech: pít (cs)
- Danish: drikke (da)
- Dutch: drinken (nl)
- Esperanto: drinki (eo)
- Estonian: jooma (et)
- Finnish: juoda (fi), ottaa (fi), ryypätä (fi)
- French: boire (fr)
- Galician: beber (gl)
- German: saufen (de)
- Greek: πίνω (el) (píno)
- Hebrew: לשתות (he) (lishtot)
- Hindi: शराब पीना (pīnā)
- Hungarian: iszik (hu)
- Icelandic: drekka (is)
- Ido: drinkar (io)
- Interlingua: biber (ia)
- Italian: bere (it), bere alcolici
- Japanese: 飲む (ja) (のむ, nomu), 召し上がる (ja) (めしあがる, meshi-agaru) (honorific), 頂く (ja) (いただく, itadaku) (humble)
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- Jèrriais: baithe
- Latin: bibo (la), poto (la)
- Latvian: dzert (lv)
- Lithuanian: gerti (lt)
- Lojban: pinxe (jbo)
- Luxembourgish: saufen (lb)
- Macedonian: пие (mk) (píe)
- Malayalam: കുടിയ്ക്കുക (ml) (kutikkuka)
- Marathi: मदिरा वा दारू पिणे, अपेयपान (mr)
- Norwegian: drikke (no)
- Novial: drinka
- Polish: pić (pl)
- Portuguese: beber (pt), tomar (pt)
- Romanian: bea (ro)
- Russian: пить (ru) (pit’) ; выпивать (ru) (vypivát') impf., выпить (ru) (výpit') pf.
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пити (sh)
- Roman: piti (sh), lokati (sh), pijančevati (sh)
- Slovene: piti (sl)
- Spanish: beber (es), tomar (es) (especially Latin America)
- Swedish: dricka (sv), supa (sv)
- Tagalog: inom (tl), tagay (tl), toma (tl)
- Telugu: తాగు (te) (tāgu)
- Thai: ดื่ม (th) (dèum)
- Turkish: içki içmek (tr) c
- Vietnamese: uống rượu, uống say
- Zulu: -qhafa (zu)
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- Afrikaans: drink
- Breton: evañ
- Guaraní: (vt) 'u; (vi) y'u
- Hawaiian: inu, inumia, pā
- Interlingua: biber
- Kannada: ಕುಡಿ (kuḍi), ಹೀರು (hīru)
- Khmer: ផឹក (phek), ទទួលទាន (to-tuel-tien)
- Low German: drinken, supen
- Sanskrit: पानम् (pānam)
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- Sinhalese: පේනා (si) (penā), පේනවා (si) (penavā)
- Slovak: piť
- Swahili: kunywa
- Tamil: குடி (kuṭi)
- Tupinambá: (vt) 'u; (vi) y'u
- Volapük: dlinön, drinön
- Welsh: yfed
- Xhosa: ukusela
- Yiddish: טרינקען (trinken)
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Etymology 2
From Old English drync, from Proto-Germanic *drunkiz, *drankiz. Compare Dutch drank.
Noun
drink (countable and uncountable; plural drinks)
- A served beverage.
- I’d like another drink please.
- A served alcoholic beverage.
- Can I buy you a drink?
- The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
- He was about to take a drink from his root beer.
- A type of beverage (usually mixed).
- My favourite drink is the White Russian.
- Alcohol beverages in general.
- (colloquial, with the) Any body of water.
- If he doesn't pay off the mafia, he’ll wear cement shoes to the bottom of the drink!
Usage notes
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from drink (noun)
Translations
served beverage
- Arabic: مشروبات (ar) (mašrūbāt) m
- Armenian: խմիչք (hy) (xmichk)
- Asturian: bebida (ast) f
- Basque: edan (eu), edari (eu), edateko (eu)
- Bulgarian: питие (bg) (pitié) n , напитка (bg) (napítka) f
- Catalan: beguda (ca) f, glop (ca) m
- Cebuano: imnunon
- Chamicuro: lajpa'sachi
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 飲料 (cmn), 饮料 (cmn) (yǐnliào)
- Min Nan: trad. 飲料, simpl. 饮料 (ím-liāu)
- Czech: pití (cs) n, nápoj (cs) m
- Danish: drink (da)
- Dutch: drank (nl) m, drankje (nl) n, drankske (nl) n (Flemish)
- Esperanto: trinkaĵo (eo)
- Estonian: jook (et)
- Finnish: juoma (fi), juotava (fi)
- French: verre (fr) m, boisson (fr) f
- Galician: bebida (gl) f
- German: Getränk (de) n, Drink (de) m
- Greek: ποτό (el) (potó) n
- Haitian Creole: bwason
- Hebrew: משקה (he) (mashqe) m
- Hungarian: ital (hu)
- Icelandic: drykkur (is) m
- Ido: drinkajo (io)
- Indonesian: minuman (id)
- Irish: deoch (ga) f
- Italian: bevanda (it) m, bibita (it) f
- Japanese: 飲み物 (ja) (のみもの, nomimono), ドリンク (ja) (dorinku), 飲料 (ja) (いんりょう, inryō)
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- Jèrriais: bouaisson f
- Korean: 음료 (ko) (eumnyo) (飮料 (ko)), 마실 것 (ko) (masil geot)
- Latin: potus (la) m, potio (la) f
- Latvian: dzēriens (lv) m
- Lithuanian: gėrimas (lt) m, gėralas (lt) m
- Luxembourgish: Gedrénks (lb) n
- Macedonian: пијалок (mk) (píjalok) m, пијачка (mk) (píjačka) f
- Novial: drinke
- Old Church Slavonic: пиво (pivo) n
- Old English: drenc (ang) m, wǣt (ang) n
- Persian: نوشیدنی (fa) (nōšidani)
- Polish: napój (pl) m
- Portuguese: bebida (pt) f
- Romanian: băutură (ro) f
- Russian: напиток (ru) (napítok) m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: напитак (sh) m, пиће (sh) n, напoj (sh) m
- Roman: napitak (sh) m, piće (sh) n, napoj (sh) m
- Sicilian: vìppita (scn) f
- Slovene: pijača (sl) f
- Spanish: bebida (es) f
- Swahili: kinywaji (sw)
- Swedish: dryck (sv) c, dricka (sv) c
- Tagalog: inumin (tl)
- Telugu: పానీయం (te) (paaneeyam)
- Turkish: içecek (tr), meşrubat (tr) (without alcohol)
- Vietnamese: ly (vi) (glass), cốc (vi) (glass), chai (vi) (bottle or can)
- Volapük: dlin (vo)
- ǃXóõ: kxʻāhã
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served alcoholic beverage
- Armenian: խմիչք (hy) (xmichk)
- Asturian: bebida (ast) f
- Basque: edan (eu), edari (eu)
- Bulgarian: питие (bg) (pitié) n
- Catalan: beguda (ca) f, glop (ca) m
- Czech: drink (cs) m, pití (cs) n
- Danish: drink (da)
- Dutch: drank (nl) m, drankje (nl) n, drankske (nl) n (Flemish)
- Esperanto: drinkaĵo (eo), alkoholaĵo (eo)
- Estonian: jook (et), drink (et)
- Ewe: aha n
- Finnish: juoma (fi), drinkki (fi)
- French: verre (fr) m
- German: Trunk (de) m, Drink (de) m
- Greek: ποτό (el) (potó) n
- Hebrew: משקה (he) (mashqe) m
- Hungarian: ital (hu)
- Icelandic: drykkur (is) m
- Indonesian: minuman keras
- Italian: bevanda (it) f
- Japanese: お酒 (ja) (おさけ, osake)
- Jèrriais: béthe m, bouaisson f, brévage m
- Korean: 술 (ko) (sul)
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- Latin: potus (la) m, potio (la) f
- Latvian: dzēriens (lv) m
- Lithuanian: gėrimas (lt) m
- Macedonian: пијалок (mk) (píjalok) m, пијачка (mk) (píjačka) f
- Novial: drinke
- Old English: drenc (ang) m, līþ (ang) n
- Persian: نوشیدنی الکلی (fa) (nōšidaniye alkoli), باده (fa) (bāda)
- Polish: drink (pl) m
- Portuguese: bebida (pt) f, drinque (pt) m
- Romanian: băutură (ro) f
- Russian: напиток (ru) (napítok) m , выпивка (ru) (výpivka) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пиће (sh) n
- Roman: piće (sh) n
- Slovene: pijača (sl) f
- Spanish: trago (es) m, copa (es) f, chínguere (es) m, alipús (es) m
- Swahili: kinywaji (sw)
- Swedish: drink (sv) c, dricka (sv)
- Tagalog: inumin (tl)
- Telugu: పానీయం (te) (paaneeyam)
- Turkish: alkollü içecek, içki (tr)
- Vietnamese: ly rượu, cốc rượu
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alcoholic beverages in general
"the drink"- colloquially, any body of water
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