beverage
See also: Beverage
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English[edit]
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)
- A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks, sometimes excluding water.
- Thomson
- He knew no beverage but the flowing stream.
- Thomson
- (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, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
beverage m (oblique plural beverages, nominative singular beverages, nominative plural beverage)
- Alternative form of bevrage
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