boisson

French

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin bibitiōnem, from Latin bibitus, from bibere (“to drink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bwa.sɔ̃/

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Noun

boisson f (countable and uncountable, plural boissons)

1. (obsolete) act of drinking, consumption of a liquid

   Synonyms: boire, (archaic) potation

2. (uncountable) drinking (the activity of consuming alcoholic beverages)

   Synonym: consommation d'alcool

   s'adonner à la boisson ― to take to drink, to turn to drink

3. (countable) drink (consumable liquid)

   Quelle est votre boisson préférée ? Je voudrais vous en offrir un verre.

   What's your favorite drink? I'd like to buy you a glass [of it].

4. (countable) drink (a serving of drink)

   Puis-je vous offrir une boisson ?

   May I buy you a drink?

Related terms

• boire

Descendants

• Guianese Creole: bwason
• Haitian Creole: bwason
• ⇒ Mauritian Creole: labwason
• Réunion Creole French: boison

Further reading

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

Occitan

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Noun

boisson m (plural boissons)

1. bush

Derived terms

• boisson blanc, boisson negre

Related terms

• boissonada

References

• Cassignac, Arve (2015), Dictionnaire occitan de communication : français-occitan, occitan-français [Occitan Dictionary of Communication: French-Occitan, Occitan-French] (in French and Occitan), Mobileoccitan.com, →ISBN, →OCLC