brindisi
See also: Brindisi
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian brindisi.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbrindisi (plural brindisis)
- A drinking song in which each person is toasted.
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German bring dir's (literally “I bring it to you”), from bringen in the sense of “to toast” (now usually ausbringen).[1] Originally perhaps in the sense of “to buy a round”, then transferred to the toast. Compare French brinde.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbrindisi m (invariable)
References
edit- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “brindisi”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
Maltese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian brindisi.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbrindisi m (plural brindisijiet)
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