cocktail

See also: Cocktail

English

Etymology

Unknown; many unproven stories exist. The word first appeared in 1806 (see citation below). The non-drink sense is by extension of the drink sense.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cocktail (plural cocktails)

1. A mixed alcoholic beverage.

   Synonyms: mixed drink, (abbreviation) ckt

   They visited a pub noted for the wide range of cocktails they serve.

   • 1806, 13 May 1806 edition of Balance and Columbian Repository, published by Hudson, New York, (first appearance in print):

     Cocktail is a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters — it is vulgarly called a bittered sling and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head.

2. A mixture of other substances.

   Scientists found a cocktail of pollutants in the river downstream from the chemical factory.

   a cocktail of illegal drugs

3. A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Darwin to this entry?)

4. (UK, slang, dated) A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.
   • (Can we date this quote by Thackeray and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail.

5. A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

Derived terms

• atomic cocktail
• cocktail cabinet game
• cocktail dress
• cocktail flu
• cocktail fork
• cocktail frank, cocktail frankfurt, cocktail frankfurter
• cocktail lounge
• cocktail party
• cocktail sauce
• cocktail sav, cocktail savaloy
• cocktail shaker
• cocktail stick
• cocktail table
• Molotov cocktail

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: còctel
• → Czech: koktejl
• → Dutch: cocktail
• → Esperanto: koktelo
• → Finnish: cocktail
• → French: cocktail
• → Galician: cóctel
• → German: Cocktail
• → Greek: κοκτέιλ (koktéil)
• → Hungarian: koktél
• → Italian: cocktail
• → Japanese: カクテル (kakuteru)
• → Korean: 칵테일 (kakteil)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: cocktail
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: cocktail
• → Polish: koktajl
• → Portuguese: coquetel
• → Russian: кокте́йль (koktéjlʹ) (see there for further descendants)
• → Spanish: cóctel, coctel
• → Swedish: cocktail
• → Thai: ค็อกเทล (kɔ́k-teel)
• → Vietnamese: cocktail

Translations

alcoholic beverage

• Arabic: كُوكْتَيْل m (kuktayl), كُوكْتِيل m (kokteyl)
• Armenian: կոկտեյլ (hy) (kokteyl)
• Belarusian: кактэ́йль (be) m (kaktéjlʹ)
• Bulgarian: коктейл m (koktejl)
• Catalan: còctel (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雞尾酒／鸡尾酒 (gai¹ mei⁵ zau²), 鸡尾酒 (gai¹ mei⁵ zau²), 咯嗲 (gok¹ de¹)

  Mandarin: 雞尾酒／鸡尾酒 (zh) (jīwěijiǔ), 鸡尾酒 (zh) (jīwěijiǔ)

  Min Nan: 雞尾酒／鸡尾酒, 鸡尾酒 (ke-bóe-chiú, koe-bé-chiú)

• Czech: koktejl (cs) m
• Danish: cocktail c
• Dutch: cocktail (nl) m
• Erzya: атякшбуло (aťakšbulo)
• Esperanto: koktelo
• Estonian: kokteil
• Finnish: cocktail (fi), drinkki (fi)
• French: cocktail (fr) m
• Georgian: კოქტეილი (ḳokṭeili)
• German: Cocktail (de) n
• Greek: κοκτέιλ (el) n (koktéil)
• Hebrew: קוֹקְטֵיל (he) m (kokteyl)
• Hindi: कॉकटेल m (kŏkṭel)
• Hungarian: koktél (hu)
• Icelandic: hanastél (is) n, kokkteill m
• Ido: cocktail (io), koktelo
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• Indonesian: koktail (id)
• Japanese: カクテル (kakuteru)
• Korean: 칵테일 (ko) (kakteil)
• Latvian: kokteilis m
• Macedonian: кокте́л m (koktél)
• Malay: koktel
• Marathi: कॉक्टेल m (kŏkṭel)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: cocktail m

  Nynorsk: cocktail m

• Persian: کوکتل (fa) (koktel)
• Polish: koktajl (pl) m
• Portuguese: coquetel (pt) m
• Romanian: cocteil (ro) n, cocktail n
• Russian: кокте́йль (ru) m (koktɛ́jlʹ), (common misspelling) кокте́ль m (koktɛ́lʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: koktel (sh) m
• Slovene: koktejl, koktajl, cocktail
• Spanish: coctel m, cóctel (es) m
• Swedish: cocktail (sv) c
• Tagalog: koktel, kaktel
• Thai: ค็อกเทล (th) (kɔ́k-teel)
• Turkish: kokteyl (tr)
• Ukrainian: кокте́йль m (koktéjlʹ)
• Vietnamese: cốc-tai
• Yiddish: קאָקטייל (kokteyl)

mixture of other substances

• Catalan: còctel (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: cocktail c
• Finnish: sekoitus (fi), seos (fi)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: cocktail m

  Nynorsk: cocktail m

Adjective

cocktail (comparative more cocktail, superlative most cocktail)

1. (obsolete) Ostentatiously lacking in manners.
   • 1830, Sporting Magazine:

     It looks very cocktail to be seen riding through the streets of London in a scarlet coat ;

   • 1840, The Sporting magazine:

     The Prince had nothing particular about him but a monstrous smart whip with a gold stag for a handle, which was pronounced a very cocktail looking instrument by the Leicestershire farmers, with whom His Serene Highness is no favorite

   • 2008, Christine Kelly, Mrs Duberly's War: Journal and Letters from the Crimea, 1854-6, →ISBN:

     She always goes about with a brace of loaded revolvers in her belt!! Very cocktail and no occasion for it

Verb

cocktail (third-person singular simple present cocktails, present participle cocktailing, simple past and past participle cocktailed)

1. (transitive) To adulterate (fuel, etc.) by mixing in other substances.
2. (transitive) To treat (a person) to cocktails.

   He dined and cocktailed her at the most exclusive bars and restaurants.

See also

• swizzle
• See also Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage

References

• Michael Quinion (2004) “Cocktail”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.

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Dutch

Etymology

From English cocktail, which is of unclear origin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔkteːl/

• Audio:

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Noun

cocktail m (plural cocktails, diminutive cocktailtje n)

1. cocktail

Derived terms

• cocktailparty
• cocktailsaus
• molotovcocktail

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• koktaili

Etymology

Borrowed from English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cock‧tail
• IPA^(key): /ˈkoktɑi̯l/, [ˈko̞kt̪ɑ̝i̯l]
• IPA^(key): /ˈkoktei̯l/, [ˈko̞kt̪e̞i̯l]

Noun

cocktail

1. cocktail (mixed drink)

Declension

Inflection of cocktail (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		cocktail	cocktailit
genitive		cocktailin	cocktailien
partitive		cocktailia	cocktaileja
illative		cocktailiin	cocktaileihin
		singular	plural
nominative		cocktail	cocktailit
accusative	nom.	cocktail	cocktailit
	gen.	cocktailin
genitive		cocktailin	cocktailien
partitive		cocktailia	cocktaileja
inessive		cocktailissa	cocktaileissa
elative		cocktailista	cocktaileista
illative		cocktailiin	cocktaileihin
adessive		cocktaililla	cocktaileilla
ablative		cocktaililta	cocktaileilta
allative		cocktailille	cocktaileille
essive		cocktailina	cocktaileina
translative		cocktailiksi	cocktaileiksi
abessive		cocktailitta	cocktaileitta
instructive		—	cocktailein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of cocktail (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative cocktailini cocktailini accusative nom. cocktailini cocktailini gen. cocktailini genitive cocktailini cocktailieni partitive cocktailiani cocktailejani inessive cocktailissani cocktaileissani elative cocktailistani cocktaileistani illative cocktailiini cocktaileihini adessive cocktailillani cocktaileillani ablative cocktaililtani cocktaileiltani allative cocktaililleni cocktaileilleni essive cocktailinani cocktaileinani translative cocktailikseni cocktaileikseni abessive cocktailittani cocktaileittani instructive — — comitative — cocktaileineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative cocktailisi cocktailisi accusative nom. cocktailisi cocktailisi gen. cocktailisi genitive cocktailisi cocktailiesi partitive cocktailiasi cocktailejasi inessive cocktailissasi cocktaileissasi elative cocktailistasi cocktaileistasi illative cocktailiisi cocktaileihisi adessive cocktailillasi cocktaileillasi ablative cocktaililtasi cocktaileiltasi allative cocktailillesi cocktaileillesi essive cocktailinasi cocktaileinasi translative cocktailiksesi cocktaileiksesi abessive cocktailittasi cocktaileittasi instructive — — comitative — cocktaileinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative cocktailimme cocktailimme accusative nom. cocktailimme cocktailimme gen. cocktailimme genitive cocktailimme cocktailiemme partitive cocktailiamme cocktailejamme inessive cocktailissamme cocktaileissamme elative cocktailistamme cocktaileistamme illative cocktailiimme cocktaileihimme adessive cocktailillamme cocktaileillamme ablative cocktaililtamme cocktaileiltamme allative cocktailillemme cocktaileillemme essive cocktailinamme cocktaileinamme translative cocktailiksemme cocktaileiksemme abessive cocktailittamme cocktaileittamme instructive — — comitative — cocktaileinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative cocktailinne cocktailinne accusative nom. cocktailinne cocktailinne gen. cocktailinne genitive cocktailinne cocktailienne partitive cocktailianne cocktailejanne inessive cocktailissanne cocktaileissanne elative cocktailistanne cocktaileistanne illative cocktailiinne cocktaileihinne adessive cocktailillanne cocktaileillanne ablative cocktaililtanne cocktaileiltanne allative cocktailillenne cocktaileillenne essive cocktailinanne cocktaileinanne translative cocktailiksenne cocktaileiksenne abessive cocktailittanne cocktaileittanne instructive — — comitative — cocktaileinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative cocktailinsa cocktailinsa accusative nom. cocktailinsa cocktailinsa gen. cocktailinsa genitive cocktailinsa cocktailiensa partitive cocktailiaan cocktailiansa cocktailejaan cocktailejansa inessive cocktailissaan cocktailissansa cocktaileissaan cocktaileissansa elative cocktailistaan cocktailistansa cocktaileistaan cocktaileistansa illative cocktailiinsa cocktaileihinsa adessive cocktailillaan cocktailillansa cocktaileillaan cocktaileillansa ablative cocktaililtaan cocktaililtansa cocktaileiltaan cocktaileiltansa allative cocktaililleen cocktailillensa cocktaileilleen cocktaileillensa essive cocktailinaan cocktailinansa cocktaileinaan cocktaileinansa translative cocktailikseen cocktailiksensa cocktaileikseen cocktaileiksensa abessive cocktailittaan cocktailittansa cocktaileittaan cocktaileittansa instructive — — comitative — cocktaileineen cocktaileinensa

Synonyms

• juomasekoitus
• kimara

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French

Etymology

From English cocktail, which is of unclear origin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔk.tɛl/

• Audio:

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Noun

cocktail m (plural cocktails)

1. cocktail
2. (metonymically) cocktail party

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

From English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.

Noun

cocktail m (uncountable)

1. cocktail
2. cocktail party

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English cocktail.

Noun

cocktail m (definite singular cocktailen, indefinite plural cocktailer, definite plural cocktailene)

1. cocktail

References

• “cocktail” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English cocktail.

Noun

cocktail m (definite singular cocktailen, indefinite plural cocktailar, definite plural cocktailane)

1. cocktail

References

• “cocktail” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Spanish

Noun

cocktail m (plural cocktails or cocktail)

1. Alternative spelling of cóctel

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Swedish

Etymology

From English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.

Noun

cocktail c

1. cocktail

Declension

Declension of cocktail
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cocktail	cocktailen	cocktailar	cocktailarna
Genitive	cocktails	cocktailens	cocktailars	cocktailarnas

Derived terms

• cocktailparty
• cocktailpåse
• molotovcocktail

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• cốc tay

Etymology

From English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kok̚˧˦ taj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kok̚˦˧˥ taj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kok̚˦˥ ta(ː)j˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: côốc tay

Noun

cocktail

1. cocktail

See also

• rượu cốctay