beverage
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old French bevrage, from boivre (“to drink”), from Latin bibō. Cognate to imbibe.
Pronunciation [edit]
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Noun [edit]
beverage (plural beverages)
- A liquid to consume, usually excluding water; a drink. This may include tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks.
- Thomson
- He knew no beverage but the flowing stream.
- Thomson
- (slang, archaic) A treat, or drink money.
Usage notes [edit]
- More elevated than plainer drink. Beverage is of French origin, while drink is of Old English origin, and this stylistic difference by origin is common; see list of English words with dual French and Anglo-Saxon variations.
- The word beverage is rarely used in British English.
Hyponyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:beverage
Translations [edit]
a drink
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Old French [edit]
Noun [edit]
beverage m (oblique plural beverages, nominative singular beverages, nominative plural beverage)
- Alternative form of bevrage.