Scotch

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See also: scotch

English

Etymology

Contraction of Scottish.

The chess opening is supposedly after its having been played in a correspondence game between Edinburgh, Scotland, and London, England.

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ɒtʃ

Noun

Scotch (countable and uncountable, plural Scotches)

(as a plural noun, the Scotch) The people of Scotland.
The Scotch are a hardy bunch.
(uncountable) Whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley.
Paul has drunk a lot of Scotch.
(countable) Any variety of Scotch.
My favorite Scotches are Glenlivet and Laphroaig.
(countable) A glass of Scotch.
Gimme a Scotch.

Usage notes

Use of Scotch to refer to the people of Scotland is currently deprecated in British English; the preferred terms are Scottish or Scots.

Synonyms

(people of Scotland): Scots, Scottish
(whisky): malt, malt whiskey, malt whisky, Scotch whisky

Translations

people of Scotland

Dutch: Schotten (nl) pl
Greek: Σκοτσέζοι (el) m pl (Skotsézoi)
Polish: Szkoci pl or m
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Romanian: scoțieni m pl
Tagalog: Eskoses

uncountable: whisky made in Scotland

Chinese:
Mandarin: 蘇格蘭威士忌／苏格兰威士忌, 苏格兰威士忌 (Sūgélán wēishìjì)
French: scotch (fr) m
German: Scotch m
Irish: uisce beatha Albanach m, fuisce na hAlban m
Japanese: スコッチウィスキー (sukotchiwisukī)
Korean: 스카치 (ko) (seukachi)
Marathi: स्कॉच (skǒca)
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Norwegian:
Bokmål: skotsk whisky m

Nynorsk: skotsk whisky m
Polish: szkocka f
Romanian: scotch (ro) n
Russian: скотч (ru) m (skotč), шотла́ндский ви́ски m (šotlándskij víski), шотла́ндское ви́ски n (šotlándskoje víski)
Tagalog: eskoses

any variety of Scotch whisky

Armenian: սկոտչ (skotčʻ)
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Tagalog: eskoses

glass of Scotch whisky

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Proper noun

Scotch

(dated) The Scottish dialect of English, or the Scots language.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 156:
  But Rob was just saying what a shame it was that folk should be shamed nowadays to speak Scotch – or they called it Scots if they did, the split-tongued sourocks!
(chess, informal, the Scotch) The opening 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4.
Karpov played the Scotch against Anand.

Synonyms

(dialect): Scots, Scots English, Scottish
(chess opening): the Scotch Game (not informal)

Translations

dialect

Dutch: Schots-Engels n
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Greek: σκοτσέζικα (el) n pl (skotsézika)

Adjective

Scotch (not comparable)

(dated) Of or from Scotland; Scottish.
- 1801, William Hanna, Memoirs of the life and writings of Thomas Chalmers (page 422)
  Behind all his assumed unsocialism there lay a true warm heart; nor could anything be kindlier than the welcome which, whenever they did come to him, any of his Scotch relatives received.
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:
  our landlord informed us, with a sort of apologetic tone, that there was a Scotch gentleman to dine with us.

Usage notes

The Scottish dislike the term Scotch and consider it offensive. The preferred adjectives are Scottish and Scots.
The use of Scotch is generally limited to a few specific cases: Scotch plaid, Scotch whisky, Scotch broth, etc.

Synonyms

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