ouzo

See also: Ouzo

English

Etymology

From Greek ούζο (oúzo), either from Turkish üzüm (“grape”) or from the Italian uso in Marsiglia (“for use in Marseille”) stamped on selected silkworm cocoons exported from Tyrnavos in the 19th century, standing for “superior quality”. Other: from the ancient Greek word ὄζω (ózō, “to smell”) - ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) because of the strong smell of the drink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːzəʊ/

• Audio (RP):

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• Rhymes: -uːzəʊ

Noun

ouzo (countable and uncountable, plural ouzos)

1. (uncountable) An anise-flavoured aperitif, originating in Greece.
   • 2018, Shiv Kotecha, The Switch, United States: Wonder, →ISBN, page 122:

     Jai went in and poured out two glasses of ouzo, throwing a splash of water. He stuck his finger into each and stirred; the liquor swirled and got foggy.

2. (countable) A serving of this drink.
   • 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:

     In Athens he looked up from his ouzo at what he called the ugliest people in the world.

See also

• raki

Translations

drink

• Belarusian: уза (uza)
• Bulgarian: узо (bg) n (uzo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏佐酒／乌佐酒, 乌佐酒 (wūzuǒjiǔ)

• Dutch: ouzo (nl) m
• Esperanto: oŭzo
• Finnish: ouzo (fi)
• French: ouzo (fr) m
• Galician: ouzo (gl) m
• Georgian: უზო (uzo)
• German: Ouzo (de) m
• Greek: ούζο (el) n (oúzo)
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• Hebrew: אוזו (he) m (úzo)
• Hungarian: úzó
• Japanese: ウーゾ (ūzo)
• Korean: 우조 (ujo)
• Macedonian: узо n (uzo)
• Mingrelian: უზო (uzo)
• Portuguese: uzo m, ouzo m
• Russian: у́зо (ru) n (úzo)
• Swedish: ouzo (sv) c
• Turkish: uzo (tr)
• Ukrainian: узо n (uzo)

glass of ouzo

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: ouzo (fi)
• German: Ouzo (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: ούζο (el) n (oúzo)
• Macedonian: узо n (uzo)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: uzo (tr)

Further reading

• ouzo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Etymology

From Greek ούζο (oúzo).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

ouzo c (plural ouzo's, diminutive ouzootje n)

1. ouzo

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French

Etymology

From Greek ούζο (oúzo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.zo/

• Audio:

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Noun

ouzo m (plural ouzos)

1. ouzo

Further reading

• “ouzo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.