קאָקטייל

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English cocktail, via Russian кокте́йль (koktéjlʹ), especially the second sense. Compare Polish koktajl.

Noun

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קאָקטייל (kokteylm, plural קאָקטיילן (kokteyln)

  1. cocktail
  2. shake, milkshake
    Synonym: שוימקע (shoymke)

References

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Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “קאָקטייל”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press