spirits

English

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Verb

spirits

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spirit.

Noun

spirits

1. (plural only) distilled alcoholic beverages.
2. Plural form of spirit

Synonyms

• (distilled alcoholic beverages): liquor (American English)

Translations

strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation

• Czech: destilát (cs) m, lihovina (cs) f
• Danish: likør c, spiritus c
• Finnish: viina (fi)
• Greek: οινοπνευματώδη (el) (oinopnevmatódi) n pl 
• Latvian: spirts (lv)

• Norwegian: sprit (no)
• Romanian: spirt (ro) n, spirturi (ro) n pl
• Russian: спирт m (spirt)
• Spanish: licor (es)
• Swedish: sprit (sv) c

Derived terms

• animal spirits
• ardent spirits
• neutral spirits
• wood spirits