ginebra

See also: Ginebra

Catalan

Etymology

First attested in 1868; formally the feminine of ginebre, but possibly taken as an adaptation of French genièvre or English geneva (“gin”), cf. also jenever.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ʒiˈne.βɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʒiˈne.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒiˈne.bɾa]

Noun

ginebra f (plural ginebres)

1. gin
   • 1934, Joan Puig i Ferreter, Camins de França:

     Era una beguda forta, com ginebra o whisky, el nom de la qual jo no havia sentit mai.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• →? Spanish: ginebra

Further reading

• “ginebra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ginebra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ginebra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French genièvre (“juniper”), or possibly Catalan ginebra, itself either from ginebre, or taken from French geneva or English geneva. Doublet of enebro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xiˈnebɾa/ [xiˈne.β̞ɾa]
• Rhymes: -ebɾa
• Syllabification: gi‧ne‧bra

Noun

ginebra f (plural ginebras)

1. (drinks) gin

   Synonym: gin

Descendants

• → Cebuano: hinebra
• → Tagalog: hinebra

Further reading

• “ginebra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28