cocktail

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.4 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Derived terms 3 Finnish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Declension 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 5 Italian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 6 Swedish 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Derived terms 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 7.2.1 See also

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[edit] Etymology

Origin uncertain, but possibly:

• from the colorfull tail of a cock, as Webster's suggests
• from cocktay, the English form of the French coquetier, meaning 'eggcup', in which Antoine Amédée Peychaud, an apothecary, served brandy toddies mixed with his own invention, Peychaud bitters, at Masonic social gatherings in his pharmacy in New Orleans, c.1795,
• from cokstele or cock-stick, a type of weighted stick designed for throwing at cocks as a sport. See w:Cock throwing.
• See also: w:Cocktail#Etymology

[edit] Noun

cocktail (plural cocktails)

1. An alcoholic beverage containing one or more types of liquor

   They visited a pub noted for the wide range of cocktails they serve.

   • 1806, 13 May 1806 edition of Balance and Columbian Repository, published by Hudson, New York, (first appearance in print):

     Cocktail is a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters — it is vulgarly called a bittered sling and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head.

2. A mixture of other substances.

   "Scientists found a cocktail of pollutants in the river downstream of the chemical factory."

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• mixed drink

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cocktail cabinet game cocktail dress cocktail frank cocktail frankfurt cocktail frankfurter cocktail lounge cocktail party

cocktail sauce cocktail sav cocktail savaloy cocktail shaker cocktail stick cocktail table Molotov cocktail

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cocktail (comparative more cocktail, superlative most cocktail)

1. festive, lively

   "now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music" - The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

[edit] See also

• swizzle
• WikiSaurus:alcoholic beverage

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From English cocktail.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɔkteil/

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cocktail m. (plural cocktails, diminutive cocktailtje, diminutive plural cocktailtjes)

1. cocktail

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• cocktailparty
• cocktailsaus
• molotovcocktail

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[edit] Finnish

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cocktail

1. cocktail

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Declension of cocktail (type risti) singular plural nominative cocktail cocktailit genitive cocktailin cocktailien partitive cocktailia cocktaileja accusative cocktail cocktailin cocktailit inessive cocktailissa cocktaileissa elative cocktailista cocktaileista illative cocktailiin cocktaileihin adessive cocktaililla cocktaileilla ablative cocktaililta cocktaileilta allative cocktailille cocktaileille essive cocktailina cocktaileina translative cocktailiksi cocktaileiksi instructive – cocktailein abessive cocktailitta cocktaileitta comitative – cocktaileineen

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From English cocktail.

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• IPA: /kɔkˈtɛl/, SAMPA: /kOk.tEl/

[edit] Noun

cocktail m. (plural cocktails)

1. cocktail

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English

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cocktail m. inv.

1. cocktail
2. cocktail party

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

From English cocktail.

[edit] Noun

Inflection for cocktail	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cocktail	cocktailen	cocktailar	cocktailarna
Genitive	cocktails	cocktailens	cocktailars	cocktailarnas

cocktail c. (plural: cocktailar)

1. cocktail

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• cocktailparty
• cocktailpåse
• molotovcocktail

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Etymology

From English cocktail.

[edit] Noun

cocktail

1. cocktail

[edit] See also

• rượu cốctay