apéritif

See also: aperitif and Aperitif

English

Alternative forms

• aperitif

Etymology

Borrowed from French apéritif. Doublet of aperitive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/, /əˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/

Noun

apéritif (plural apéritifs)

1. An alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
       ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage

Antonyms

• digestif

Translations

alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser

• Bulgarian: аперитив (bg) (aperitiv)
• Catalan: aperitiu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 開胃酒 (zh), 开胃酒 (zh) (kāiwèijiǔ)

• Czech: aperitiv m
• Esperanto: aperitivo (eo)
• Estonian: aperitiiv
• Finnish: aperitiivi (fi)
• French: apéritif (fr) m, (informal) apéro (fr) m
• German: Aperitif (de) m
• Hungarian: aperitif (hu)
• Ido: aperitivo (io)

• Interlingue: aperitive
• Italian: aperitivo (it) m
• Japanese: アペリティフ (aperitifu), 食前酒 (shokuzenshu)
• Macedonian: аперитив m (aperitiv)
• Portuguese: aperitivo (pt) m
• Romanian: aperitiv (ro) n
• Russian: аперити́в (ru) m (aperitív)
• Serbo-Croatian: aperitiv (sh) m
• Slovak: aperitív m
• Spanish: aperitivo (es) m
• Swedish: aperitif (sv) c, aptitretare (sv) c
• Tagalog: pamutat-alak

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin aperītīvus (“opening”, adjective)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pe.ʁi.tif/

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Noun

apéritif m (plural apéritifs)

1. apéritif

Synonyms

• apéro (informal)

Antonyms

• digestif

Related terms

• ouvrir

Further reading

• “apéritif” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• pétrifia