vodka

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɒdkə/

• Audio (US)

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Etymology

Slavic voda, woda, meaning water, plus the diminutive suffix -ka. Historical documentary research of V. Pokhlyobkin suggests the derivation via the usage "dilution (of distillate) with water", as used in expressions "vodka of grain wine" and similar; хлебное вино (“grain wine”) is an archaic Russian name for vodka.

The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, section 5.22(a)(1).

Noun

vodka (plural vodkas)

1. A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash
   • 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, Friday's Business^[1]:

     Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor. She was quite white. Elsa made her drink a glass of vodka.

2. A serving of the above beverage
3. (US standard of identity) Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color

Translations

clear distilled alcoholic liquor

• Afrikaans: wodka (af)
• Albanian: vodkë (sq) f
• Arabic: فودكا (ar) (vodka, fūdka) f
• Armenian: օղի (hy) (òġi) , (colloquial) արաղ (hy) (araġ) 
• Azeri: araq (az)
• Basque: vodka
• Belarusian: гарэлка (be) (harélka) f , водка (be) (vódka) f 
• Bengali: ভদকা (bn) (vôdka)
• Bulgarian: водка (bg) (vódka) f 
• Burmese: ဗော့ဒ်ကာ (my)
• Catalan: vodka f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伏特加酒 (cmn) (fútèjiā-jiǔ), 伏特加 (cmn) (fútèjiā)

• Czech: vodka (cs) f
• Danish: vodka (da) c
• Dutch: wodka (nl) m
• Esperanto: vodko (eo)
• Estonian: viin (et), vodka (et)
• Finnish: votka (fi), vodka (fi)
• French: vodka (fr) f
• Georgian: არაყი (ka) (araġi) , (obsolete) იყი (ka) (iqi) 
• German: Wodka (de) m
• Greek: βότκα (el) (vótka) f 
• Gujarati: વોડકા (gu) (voḍkā)
• Hebrew: ווֹדְקָה (he) (vodka) f
• Hindi: वोदका (hi) (vodkā) f, वोडका (hi) (voḍkā) f
• Hungarian: vodka (hu)
• Icelandic: vodka (is) f
• Indonesian: vodka (id)
• Irish: vodca (ga) m
• Italian: vodka (it) f
• Japanese: ウォッカ (ja) (wokka), ヴォートカ (ja) (vōtoka)
• Jèrriais: vodka m
• Kazakh: водка (kk) (vodka) 
• Korean: 보드카 (ko) (bodeuka)
• Kyrgyz: водка (ky) (vodka) 

• Kölsch: wodka
• Latgalian: braņdīņs
• Latin: vodca (la) f
• Latvian: degvīns (lv) m, šņabis (lv) m
• Lithuanian: degtinė (lt) f, vodka (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: Wodka (lb)
• Macedonian: вотка (mk) (vótka) f
• Malay: vodka (ms)
• Maltese: vodka (mt) f
• Norwegian: vodka (no) c
• Ossetian: арахъ (araq)
• Persian: ودکا (fa) (vodkâ)
• Polish: wódka (pl) f
• Portuguese: vodca (pt) f
• Romanian: vodcă (ro) f
• Russian: водка (ru) (vódka) f , (regional, Ukraine, South Russia) горелка (ru) (gorélka) f 
• Samogitian: arielka f, degtėnė f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вотка (sh) f

  Latin: votka (sh) f

• Slovak: vodka (sk) f
• Slovene: vodka (sl) f
• Spanish: vodka (es) f
• Swahili: vodka (sw)
• Swedish: vodka (sv) c
• Tamil: ஓட்கா (ta) (oṭkā)
• Tatar: водка (tt) (vodka)
• Telugu: వోడ్కా (te) (voḍkā)
• Thai: วอดก้า (th) (wôt gâa)
• Turkish: votka (tr)
• Ukrainian: горілка (uk) (horílka) f , водка (uk) (vódka) f 
• Urdu: وودکا (ur) (vodkā) f, ووڈکا (ur) (voḍkā) f
• Vietnamese: vodka (vi), vôtca (vi), rượu vôtca (vi), rượu vodka (vi)
• Yiddish: מאַשקע (yi)

serving

• Finnish: votka (fi), votkaryyppy (fi)
• Greek: βότκα (el) (vótka) f 

• Macedonian: вотка (mk) (vótka) f

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Finnish

Etymology

From Russian

Alternative forms

• votka

Noun

vodka

1. vodka

Declension

Declension of vodka (type koira) singular plural nominative vodka vodkat genitive vodkan vodkien vodkain1 partitive vodkaa vodkia accusative vodka vodkan vodkat inessive vodkassa vodkissa elative vodkasta vodkista illative vodkaan vodkiin adessive vodkalla vodkilla ablative vodkalta vodkilta allative vodkalle vodkille essive vodkana vodkina translative vodkaksi vodkiksi instructive – vodkin abessive vodkatta vodkitta comitative – vodkineen 1) Rare.

Synonyms

• paloviina
• viina

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

vodka f (plural vodkas)

1. vodka

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvotkɒ/
• Hyphenation: vod‧ka

Noun

vodka

1. vodka

Declension

declension of vodka singular plural nominative vodka vodkák accusative vodkát vodkákat dative vodkának vodkáknak instrumental vodkával vodkákkal causal-final vodkáért vodkákért translative vodkává vodkákká terminative vodkáig vodkákig essive-formal vodkaként vodkákként essive-modal - - inessive vodkában vodkákban superessive vodkán vodkákon adessive vodkánál vodkáknál illative vodkába vodkákba sublative vodkára vodkákra allative vodkához vodkákhoz elative vodkából vodkákból delative vodkáról vodkákról ablative vodkától vodkáktól

possessives of vodka possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. vodkám vodkáim 2nd person sing. vodkád vodkáid 3rd person sing. vodkája vodkái 1st person plural vodkánk vodkáink 2nd person plural vodkátok vodkáitok 3rd person plural vodkájuk vodkáik

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɔt.kʰa/

Noun

vodka n (genitive singular vodka, uncountable)

1. vodka

Declension

declension of vodka

n-w	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vodka	vodkað
accusative	vodka	vodkað
dative	vodka	vodkanu
genitive	vodka	vodkans

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

vodka f (invariable)

1. vodka

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From English vodka.

Noun

vodka m (plural vodkas)

1. vodka

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Russian водка.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʋɔdkɑ/, X-SAMPA: /POdkA/
• Rhymes: -ɑ

Noun

vodka (m)

1. vodka

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Slovak

Etymology

Proto-Slavic, equivalent to voda (“water”) +‎ -ka (diminutive suffix),

Noun

vodka f , declension pattern žena

1. vodka

Derived terms

• vodkový

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Spanish

Etymology

From Russian водка (vódka, literally “little water”), a diminutive of вода (vodá, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈboð.ka/

Noun

vodka m (plural vodkas)

1. vodka