cervogia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cervoise, from Latin cervēsia (see there for cognates), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kurmi (“beer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃerˈvɔ.d͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -ɔdʒa
• Hyphenation: cer‧vò‧gia

Noun

cervogia f (plural cervogie or cervoge) (usually uncountable)

1. (archaic) a kind of beer made from fermented barley or oats; ale (dated)

   Hypernym: birra f

2. (archaic, literary, by extension) beer, of any kind

   Synonym: birra f

Further reading

• cervogia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana