whisky

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• whiskey (Ireland, US)

Etymology

Early 18th century. Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh (compare obsolete whiskybae). From Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha and Irish uisce beatha (“water of life”). Compare aquavit, from Latin aqua vitae (“water of life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwɪski/, /ˈʍɪski/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

whisky (plural whiskies)

1. (chiefly UK, Scotland and Canada) An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain and usually aged in in oak barrels
2. (chiefly UK, Scotland and Canada) A drink of whisky

Translations

alcoholic drink

Alabama: okiimi Armenian: վիսկի (hy) (viski) Bosnian: viski (bs) m. Bulgarian: уиски (bg) Catalan: whisky (ca) m. Chinese: 威士忌酒 (wēishìjì jiǔ) Croatian: viski (hr) m. Czech: whisky (cs) f. Dutch: wisky m. Esperanto: viskio (eo) Estonian: viski (et) Finnish: viski (fi) French: whiskey (fr) m. Galician: whisky (gl) m. German: Whisky (de) m. Greek: ουίσκι (el) (ouíski) n. Hungarian: whisky (hu) Icelandic: viskí (is) Ido: wiskio (io) Irish: uisce beatha (ga) Italian: whisky (it) m.

Japanese: ウィスキー (ja) (wisukii) Korean: 위스키 (ko) (wiseuki) Latvian: viskijs Lithuanian: viskis Malay: wiski (ms) Norwegian: whisky (no) Polish: whisky (pl) f. Portuguese: whisky (pt) Romanian: whisky Russian: виски (ru) (víski) m. and n. Scottish Gaelic: uisge-beatha (gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: виски m. Roman: viski m. Slovak: whisky (sk) f. Spanish: güisqui (es) m., whisky (es) m. Swedish: whisky (sv) Turkish: viski (tr) Ukrainian: віскі (uk) (víski) m., горілка (uk) (horílka) f. Volapük: viskin (vo), (older term) filavin (vo), (translation from Goidelic) lifavat (vo)

Usage notes

The regional spellings whisky and whiskey are also used world-wide to distinguish regional whiskies, for example Scotch whisky, but bourbon whiskey.

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Catalan

Etymology

From English whisky.

Noun

whisky m. (plural whiskys) or (plural whiskies}

1. whisky

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Czech

Noun

whisky f.

1. whisky, whiskey

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Dutch

Noun

whisky m.

1. whiskey
2. whisky

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

whisky m. (plural whiskys)

1. Alternative spelling of whiskey.

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Galician

Etymology

From English whisky.

Noun

whisky m. (plural whiskys)

1. whisky

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈviski/
• Hyphenation: whis‧ky

Noun

whisky (plural whiskyk)

1. whisky (US, Ireland: whiskey)

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Italian

Noun

whisky m. inv.

1. whiskey

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwɨs̪kʲi/ or /ˈwis̪kʲi/

Noun

whisky f. (indeclinable)

1. whisky (US, Ireland: whiskey)

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Romanian

Etymology

From English whisky

Pronunciation

• IPA: [uˈiski]

Noun

whisky n. (plural whiskyuri)

1. whisky, whiskey

Declension

declension of whisky

	singular		plural
gender n.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un whisky	whiskyul	niște whiskyuri	whiskyurile
genitive/dative	unui whisky	whiskyului	unor whiskyuri	whiskyurilor

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Slovak

Noun

whisky f. nondeclinable

1. whiskey
2. whisky

Singular

all cases whisky

Plural

all cases whisky

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• güisqui

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From English whisky, from Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha and Irish uisce beatha (“water of life”). More at whisky.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡwiski/, /ˈwiski/

Noun

whisky m. (usually uncountable)

1. whisky (alcoholic liquor)

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Swedish

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Noun

whisky c.

1. whiskey (alcoholic drink)

This Swedish entry was created from the translations listed at whiskey. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see whisky in the Swedish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2009