horilka
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Ukrainian горілка (horílka, “vodka”). Compare South Russian горелка (gorélka).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /hoˈrilka/
- Hyphenation: hor‧il‧ka
Noun [edit]
horilka (plural horilkas)
- Ukrainian distilled spirit, sometimes flavoured with hot peppers.
- 1931, Ekaterina Konstantinovna Breshko-Breshkovskaia, Lincoln Hutchinson ed., Hidden Springs of the Russian Revolution: Personal Memoirs of Katerina Breshkovskaia, Stanford University Press, p 32:
- In return for a glass of horilka he took us to the other end of the village, showed us an empty hut, and introduced us to its owner.
- 1931, Ekaterina Konstantinovna Breshko-Breshkovskaia, Lincoln Hutchinson ed., Hidden Springs of the Russian Revolution: Personal Memoirs of Katerina Breshkovskaia, Stanford University Press, p 32:
Usage notes [edit]
This is a foreign term not fully naturalized in English, usually italicized.
Synonyms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
Ukrainian vodka
Quotations [edit]
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page. See also Citations:gorelka.
