refreshment

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1665; either directly or via refreschement, from Old French refrescher (12th century; modern rafraîchir), itself from re- "again" + fresche "fresh" (Modern French frais; from a Germanic source, cognate with Old High German frisc, modern German frisch, Dutch fris etc.)

Noun

refreshment (plural refreshments)

1. The action of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.
2. A light snack or fresh drink without alcohol.

Related terms

• refresher

Translations

The action of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour

• Dutch: verfrissing, verademing
• French: rafraîchissement (fr) m

• Macedonian: освежување (mk) (osvežúvanje) n
• Russian: освежение (ru) (osvežénije) n 

A light snack or drink

• Dutch: versnapering (nl)
• Finnish: virvoke, virvoitusjuoma
• French: rafraîchissement (fr) m
• German: Erfrischung (de) f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سارده‌مه‌نی

• Macedonian: освежителен пијалок (mk) (osvežítelen píjalok) m
• Portuguese: refresco (pt) m
• Russian: закуска (ru) (zakúska) m  (snack), (освежа́ющий OR освежи́тельный) напиток (ru) (napítok) m  (дринк)

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• Thai: เครื่องดื่ม (krueng-duem)