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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- beveridge (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage, variant of bevrage, from beivre (“to drink”), variant of boivre (“to drink”), from Latin bibō. Related to imbibe.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]

beverage (countable and uncountable, plural beverages)
- (chiefly Canada, US) A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks, usually excluding water.
- 1748, James Thomson, “Canto II”, in The Castle of Indolence: […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, stanza VII, page 44:
- He knew no Beverage but the flowing Stream; / His taſteful well-earn'd Food the ſilvan Game, […]
- (Britain, slang, archaic) (A gift of) drink money.
Usage notes[edit]
More elevated than plainer drink. Beverage is of French origin, while drink is of Old English origin, and this stylistic difference by origin is common; see list of English words with dual French and Anglo-Saxon variations.
Synonyms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:beverage
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
drink
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References[edit]
Drink on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- beverage at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “beverage”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French beverage, variant of bevrage; equivalent to bever + -age. For forms such as berage, compare Middle French berage, variant of breuvage.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
beverage (plural beverages)
- An (alcoholic) beverage or beverages.
- Such a beverage used to close negotiations; said negotiations in themselves.
- Hardship, pain, torment; events that are hard to handle.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “beverāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-08.
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
beverage m (oblique plural beverages, nominative singular beverages, nominative plural beverage)
- Alternative form of bevrage
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