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From Middle English drinken, from Old English drincan (“to drink, swallow up, engulf”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkanan (“to drink”), 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”).
drink (third-person singular simple present drinks, present participle drinking, simple past drank, past participle drunk (or drank))
- (transitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
- He drank the water I gave him.
- (intransitive) To consume liquid through the mouth.
- 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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consume liquid through the mouth
- Afrikaans: drink
- Akkadian: 𒅘 (
 , šatû, NAG)
- Albanian: pi (sq)
- American Sign Language: C@NearMouth-TipForward C@NearMouth-TipUp
- Amharic: መጠጣት (mäṭäṭat)
- Arabic: شرب (ar) (sháriba)
- Egyptian Arabic: شرب (shirib)
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܫܬܐ (šθa)
- Armenian: խմել (hy) (xmel)
- Aromanian: beau
- Basque: edan (eu)
- Belarusian: піць (be) (pic’)
- Bengali: পানীয় (bn) (panīẏô)
- Breton: eva
- 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 (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)
- German: trinken (de)
- Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽 (drigkan)
- Greek: πίνω (el) (píno) (used for animals also), απορροφώ (el) (aporrofó) (used for plants)
- Haitian Creole: bwè
- Hebrew: שתה (he) (shatá)
- Hindi: पीना (hi) (pīnā), सोखना (hi) (sokhnā)
- Hungarian: iszik (hu)
- Icelandic: drekka (is)
- Ido: drinkar
- Indonesian: minum (id)
- Interlingua: biber
- Inuktitut: ᐃᒥᖅᑐᖅ
- Irish: ól (ga)
- 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)
- Kazakh: ішу (kk) (işu)
- Khmer: ផឹក (km) (pʰək)
- Korean: 마시다 (ko) (masida)
- !Kung: čiŋ
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: vexwarin
- Sorani: xwardinewe
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- Lao: ດື່ມ (lo) (dyym)
- Latin: bibo (la), poto (la)
- Latvian: dzert (lv)
- Lithuanian: gerti (lt)
- Lojban: pinxe
- Luxembourgish: drénken (lb)
- Macedonian: пие (mk) (píe)
- Malayalam: കുടിയ്ക്കുക (kutikkuka)
- Maltese: xorob
- Manx: oyl (gv)
- Marathi: पिणे, (द्रव) पान
- Middle High German: trinken
- Mongolian: шингээх (mn) (šingeekh), сорох (mn) (sorokh)
- Norwegian: drikke (no)
- Novial: drinka
- Occitan: beure
- Old Church Slavonic: пити (piti)
- Old English: drincan (ang)
- Old High German: trinkan
- Old Irish: ibid
- 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., ѝsпити (sh) pf.
- Roman: pȉti (sh) impf., pòpiti (sh) pf., ìspiti (sh) pf.
- Sicilian: bìviri (scn), vìviri (scn)
- Slovak: piť (sk)
- Slovene: piti (sl)
- Spanish: beber, tomar (Latin America)
- Swahili: kunywa (sw)
- Swedish: dricka (sv)
- Tagalog: inom (tl)
- Tajik: нӯшидан (tg) (nūšidan)
- Telugu: తాగు
- Thai: ดื่ม (th) (dèum)
- Turkish: içmek (tr)
- Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎚𐎊 (šty)
- Ukrainian: пити (uk) (pýty)
- Urdu: پینا (ur) (pīnā)
- Vietnamese: uống (vi)
- West Frisian: drinke (fy)
- !Xóõ: kxʻāhã
- Yiddish: טרינקען (yi) (trinken)
- Zazaki: şımıtene
- Zulu: phuza, gwinya
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consume alcoholic beverages
- Afrikaans: drink
- Armenian: խմել (xmel)
- Basque: edan (eu), zurrut egin (eu), txurrut egin (eu)
- Bosnian: piti (bs)
- Bulgarian: пия (bg)
- Catalan: beure
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 喝 (cmn)酒 (cmn) (hē jiǔ)
- Croatian: pȉti (hr), lòkati (hr), pìjānčevati (hr)
- 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)
- German: saufen (de)
- Greek: πίνω (el) (píno)
- Hebrew: לשתות (he) (lishtot)
- Hindi: शराब पीना (pīnā)
- Hungarian: iszik (hu)
- Icelandic: drekka (is)
- Ido: drinkar
- Interlingua: biber
- Italian: bere, 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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- Latin: bibo (la), poto (la)
- Latvian: dzert (lv)
- Lithuanian: gerti (lt)
- Lojban: pinxe (jbo)
- Luxembourgish: saufen (lb)
- Macedonian: пие (mk) (píe)
- Malayalam: കുടിയ്ക്കുക (kutikkuka)
- Marathi: मदिरा वा दारू पिणे, अपेयपान
- 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.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: пити
- Roman: piti
- Slovene: piti (sl)
- Spanish: beber, tomar (especially Latin America)
- Swedish: dricka (sv), supa (sv)
- Tagalog: inom (tl), tagay (tl), toma (tl)
- Telugu: తాగు
- Thai: ดื่ม (th) (dèum)
- Turkish: içki içmek, içki içmek (tr) c.
- Vietnamese: uống rượu, uống say
- Zulu: qhafa
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Old English drync
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!
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Plainer than more elevated beverage. 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.
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served beverage
- Armenian: խմիչք (hy) (xmichk)
- Basque: edan (eu), edari (eu), edateko (eu)
- Bosnian: napitak (bs) m., piće (bs) n.
- Bulgarian: питие (bg) n., напитка (bg) f.
- Catalan: beguda f., glop m.
- Cebuano: imnunon
- Chamicuro: lajpa'sachi
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: trad. 飲料, simpl. 饮料 (yǐnliào)
- Min Nan: trad. 飲料, simpl. 饮料 (ím-liāu)
- Croatian: napitak (hr) m., piće (hr) n.
- Czech: pití (cs) n., nápoj (cs) m.
- Danish: drink (da)
- Dutch: drank (nl) m., drankje (nl) n., drankske (nl) n. (Flemish)
- Esperanto: trinkaĵo
- Estonian: jook (et)
- Finnish: juoma (fi), juotava (fi)
- French: verre (fr) m., boisson (fr) f.
- German: Getränk (de) n.
- 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 (nomimono)
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- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: potus (la) m., potio (la) f.
- Latvian: dzēriens 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.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: напитак (sr) m., пиће (sr) n., напoj (sr) m.
- Roman: napitak m., piće n., napoj 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, meşrubat (without alcohol)
- Vietnamese: ly (vi) (glass), cốc (vi) (glass), chai (vi) (bottle or can)
- Volapük: dlin (vo)
- !Xóõ: kxʻāhã
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served alcoholic beverage
- Armenian: խմիչք (hy) (xmichk)
- Basque: edan (eu), edari (eu)
- Bosnian: piće (bs) n.
- Bulgarian: питие (bg) n.
- Catalan: beguda (ca) f., glop (ca) m.
- Croatian: piće (hr) n.
- Czech: drink (cs) m., pití (cs) n.
- Danish: drink (da)
- Dutch: drank (nl) m., drankje (nl) n., drankske (nl) n. (Flemish)
- Esperanto: drinkaĵo, alkoholaĵo (eo)
- Estonian: jook (et), drink (et)
- Ewe: aha n.
- Finnish: juoma (fi), drinkki (fi)
- French: verre (fr) m.
- German: Trunk (de) m.
- Greek: οινοπνευματώδες ποτό (el) (oinopnevmatódes potó), αλκοολούχο ποτό (el) (alkooloúcho potó), 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 (osake)
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alcoholic beverages in general
"the drink"- colloquially, any body of water
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Dutch drinken.
drink (past participle gedrink)
- to drink
drink
- drink; a (mixed) alcoholic beverage
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drink c. (singular definite drinken, plural indefinite drinks)
- drink; a (mixed) alcoholic beverage
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drink
- first-person singular present indicative of drinken.
- imperative of drinken.
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English drink
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drink m. (plural drinks)
- A reception or after party where alcohol is served.
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Wikipedia it
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From English
drink m. inv.
- drink (served beverage and mixed beverage)
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drink
- First-person singular of drinken
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drink c.
- drink; a (mixed) alcoholic beverage
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