juice

See also: JUICE

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English jus, juis, from Old French jus, jous, from Latin jūs (“broth, soup, sauce”). Displaced native Middle English wos, woos (“juice”), from Old English wōs (“juice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuːs/, /d͡ʒɪʊ̯s/
• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒus/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

juice (usually uncountable, plural juices)

1. (uncountable) A liquid from a plant, especially fruit.

   Squeeze the orange and some juice will come out.

2. (countable) A beverage made of juice.

   I’d like two orange juices please.

3. (uncountable) Any liquid resembling juice.
4. (Scotland) A soft drink.
5. (uncountable, slang) Electricity.
   • 1915, Berton Braley, "The Power Plant"

     This is the shrine of the God That Works,

     Driving away the mists and murks,

     Turning the lightnings into use.

     This is the shrine of the mighty "Juice,"

     Flowing ever the long wires through,

     And making the dream, the Dream come true!

6. (uncountable, slang) Liquor.
7. (uncountable, slang) Political power.
8. (uncountable, slang) Petrol; gasoline.
9. (uncountable, slang) Vitality.
10. (uncountable, slang) The amount charged by a bookmaker for betting services.
11. (uncountable, slang) Steroids.
12. (uncountable, slang, vulgar) Semen.
13. (uncountable, slang, vulgar) The vaginal lubrication that a woman naturally produces when sexually aroused.
14. (uncountable, slang) Musical agreement between instrumentalists.

Synonyms

• (charge by bookmaker): cut, take, vig, vigorish

Derived terms

• elbow juice
• moo juice
• fruit juice
• apple juice
• orange juice
• mango juice
• lemon juice

Translations

liquid from a plant

• Afrikaans: sap
• Alabama: okchi
• Albanian: lëng (sq) m
• Arabic: عَصِير m (ʕaṣīr)

  Egyptian Arabic: عصير m (ʕaṣīr)

• Armenian: հյութ (hy) (hyutʻ)
• Assamese: ৰস (rox)
• Asturian: zume m, zumu m
• Azerbaijani: şirə (az)
• Basque: zuku (eu), ur (eu)
• Belarusian: сок m (sok)
• Breton: chug (br) m
• Bulgarian: сок m (sok)
• Catalan: suc (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汁 (zh) (zhī), 果汁 (zh) (guǒzhī) (fruit juice), 菜汁 (càizhī) (vegetable juice), 樹液／树液 (zh) (shùyè), 树液 (zh) (shùyè) (sap)

• Czech: šťáva (cs) f
• Danish: saft c, juice (da) c
• Dutch: sap (nl) n
• Esperanto: suko
• Estonian: mahl
• Finnish: mehu (fi)
• French: jus (fr) m
• Friulian: struc m
• Galician: zume m
• Georgian: წვენი (c̣veni)
• German: Saft (de) m
• Greek: χυμός (el) m (chymós)

  Ancient: ὀπός m (opós)

• Haitian Creole: ji
• Hebrew: מִיץ (he) m (mits)
• Hindi: रस (hi) m (ras)
• Hungarian: lé (hu), nedv (hu)
• Irish: sú m
• Italian: succo (it) m
• Japanese: 汁 (ja) (しる, shiru), 樹液 (じゅえき, jueki)
• Korean: 즙 (ko) (jeup) (汁 (ko)), 과일단물 (ko) (gwaildanmul)
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• Latgalian: sulys
• Latin: cremor m, sūcus (la) m
• Latvian: sula (lv) f
• Lithuanian: sultys m
• Luxembourgish: Jus m, Saaft m
• Macedonian: сок m (sok)
• Malayalam: നീര് (ml) (nīrŭ)
• Mongolian: шүүс (mn) (šüüs)
• Nahuatl: pātzcatl
• Norwegian: juice (no), jus (no)
• Papiamentu: djus
• Persian: افشره (fa) (afšore)
• Polish: sok (pl) m
• Portuguese: (PT) sumo (pt) m, (BR) suco (pt) m
• Quechua: jilli, misk'i yaku
• Romanian: suc (ro) n
• Russian: сок (ru) m (sok)
• Sanskrit: रस (sa) m (rasa), फलरस m (phalarasa), पायस (sa) n (pāyasa), नीर (sa) n (nīra), सोम (sa) m (soma)
• Scottish Gaelic: sùgh m, brìgh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сок m

  Roman: sok (sh) m

• Slovene: sok (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: mězga f

• Spanish: zumo (es) m, jugo (es) m
• Swahili: maji (sw)
• Swedish: juice (sv), saft (sv) c
• Tagalog: katas
• Turkish: meyve suyu (tr)
• Ukrainian: сік m (sik)
• Urdu: رس (ras)
• Vietnamese: nước ép
• Volapük: vaet (vo), (berry) bälavaet
• Walloon: djus (wa) m
• Welsh: sudd (cy) m
• Yiddish: זאַפֿט m (zaft)

beverage made of juice

• Afrikaans: sap, saft
• Alabama: okchi
• Albanian: lëng (sq) m
• Amharic: ጭማቂ (č̣əmaḳi)
• Arabic: عَصِير m (ʕaṣīr)
• Armenian: հյութ (hy) (hyutʻ)
• Assamese: ছৰ্পত (sorpot)
• Azerbaijani: şirə (az)
• Bashkir: һут (hut)
• Belarusian: сок m (sok)
• Bengali: রস (bn) (ros)
• Breton: chug (br) m
• Bulgarian: сок m (sok)
• Burmese: ရည် (my) (rany), သစ်သီးရည် (sacsi:rany)
• Catalan: suc (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汁 (zh) (zhī), 果汁 (zh) (guǒzhī) (fruit juice), 菜汁 (càizhī) (vegetable juice), 肉汁 (zh) (ròuzhī) (meat juice)

• Czech: džus (cs) m, šťáva (cs) f
• Danish: juice (da) c, saft c
• Dutch: sap (nl) n
• Estonian: mahl, morss
• Faroese: saft f
• Finnish: mehu (fi), tuoremehu (fi)
• French: jus (fr) m
• Galician: zume m
• Georgian: წვენი (c̣veni)
• German: Saft (de) m
• Greek: χυμός (el) m (chymós)
• Hebrew: מִיץ (he) m (mits)
• Hindi: रस (hi) m (ras), शर्बत (hi) f (śarbat), अर्क़ m (arq)
• Hungarian: lé (hu), gyümölcslé (hu), dzsúsz, ivólé
• Icelandic: safi (is) m, djús m
• Indonesian: jus (id), sari buah (id)
• Interlingua: succo
• Irish: sú
• Italian: succo (it) m, spremuta (it) f
• Japanese: ジュース (ja) (jūsu)
• Kazakh: шырын (kk) (şyryn)
• Khmer: ទឹកផ្លែឈើ (tɨk phlae chəə)
• Korean: 즙 (ko) (jeup) (汁 (ko)), 주스 (ko) (juseu), 과일단물 (ko) (gwaildanmul) (rare, North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Kyrgyz: шире (ky) (şire)
• Lao: ນ້ຳໝາກໄມ້ (nam māk mai)
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• Latvian: sula (lv) f
• Lithuanian: sultys m
• Luxembourgish: Saaft m, Jus m
• Macedonian: сок m (sok)
• Malay: jus
• Mongolian: шүүс (mn) (šüüs)
• Nahuatl: pātzcatl
• Norwegian: juice (no), jus (no)
• Pashto: جوس (ps) m (ǰus)
• Persian: آبمیوه (fa) (âbmive)
• Polish: sok (pl) m
• Portuguese: (PT) sumo (pt) m, (BR) suco (pt) m
• Romanian: suc (ro) n
• Russian: сок (ru) m (sok)
• Rusyn: джус m (džus)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сок m, ђус m

  Roman: sok (sh) m, đus m

• Sinhalese: යුෂ (yuṣa)
• Slovak: šťava f, džús m
• Slovene: sok (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: džus m

• Spanish: jugo (es) m (Latin America), zumo (es) m (Spain)
• Swahili: juisi (sw), jusi, maji (sw) (in names of specific juices)
• Swedish: juice (sv), saft (sv), jos (sv) c
• Tajik: шира (šira), шарбат (tg) (šarbat), афшура (afšura)
• Tamil: சாறு (ta) (cāṟu)
• Tatar: сут (tt) (sut)
• Thai: น้ำผลไม้ (náam-pǒn-lá-máai), น้ำ (th) (náam)
• Tibetan: སིལ་ཁུ (sil khu)
• Tigrinya: ጽሟቕ (ṣəmʷaḳʰ)
• Turkish: meyve suyu (tr)
• Turkmen: şire
• Ukrainian: сік m (sik)
• Urdu: رس m (ras)
• Uyghur: شىرنە (shirne), شەربەت (sherbet)
• Uzbek: sharbat (uz), shira (uz)
• Vietnamese: dịch (vi), nhựa (vi), nước ép, nước (vi)
• Volapük: vaet (vo), (berry) bälavaet, (lime) svidalemunavaet, (grape) vitidavaet (vo)
• Welsh: sug (cy)
• Yiddish: זאַפֿט m (zaft)

liquid resembling juice

• Catalan: suc (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汁 (zh) (shī, xié, zhī)

• Dutch: sap (nl) n
• Finnish: mehu (fi)
• French: suc (fr) m
• Georgian: წვენი (c̣veni)
• German: Saft (de) m
• Hungarian: nedv (hu)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Luxembourgish: Saaft
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• Mongolian: шүүс (mn) (šüüs)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: saft m or f

  Nynorsk: saft f

• Polish: sok (pl) m
• Portuguese: suco (pt) m
• Slovene: sok (sl) m
• Spanish: zumo (es) m, jugo (es) m
• Volapük: vaet (vo), (stomach) stomägavaet

slang: electricity

• Bulgarian: ток (bg) m (tok)
• Finnish: virtaska
• French: jus (fr) m
• German: Saft (de) m
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• Hungarian: áram (hu)
• Portuguese: vitalidade (pt)
• Swedish: kräm (sv)

slang: fuel

• Bulgarian: гориво (bg) n (gorivo)
• Finnish: menovesi (fi)
• French: jus (fr) m
• Hungarian: kakaó (hu), benzin (hu)
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• Polish: paliwo (pl) n (literally)
• Swedish: soppa (sv) c

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: djus

Verb

juice (third-person singular simple present juices, present participle juicing, simple past and past participle juiced)

1. (transitive) To extract the juice from something.
2. (transitive) To energize or stimulate something.

Derived terms

terms derived from juice

• dejuice
• juice up
• ruckus juice

• man juice
• juice harp
• titty juice

• balljuice
• moo juice
• fog juice

• fuckjuice
• vegetable juice
• Jesus juice

Translations

to remove the juice from something

• Bulgarian: изстисквам (bg) (izstiskvam)
• Dutch: persen (nl)
• Finnish: mehustaa (fi)
• French: juter (fr)
• German: entsaften (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: succo (it) m
• Latin: exsūcō
• Macedonian: цеди (cedi), исцедува (isceduva)
• Portuguese: extrair (pt)

to energize

• Bulgarian: давам газ (davam gaz)
• Dutch: voeden (nl)
• Finnish: virkistää (fi)
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• German: saften (de)
• Portuguese: energizar, estimular (pt), excitar (pt)

Etymology 2

Dialectal spelling of Jew's, a particle of unclear origin. See Jew's harp for more.

Adjective

juice (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of Jew's (used in certain set phrases like juice harp)

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English juice.

Noun

juice c (singular definite juicen, not used in plural form)

1. Juice.
2. A container containing juice.

Inflection

Declension of juice

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	juice	juicen
genitive	juices	juicens

Synonyms

• saft

Derived terms

• appelsinjuice
• grapefrugtjuice
• juicer
• tomatjuice
• æblejuice

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• jus

Etymology

From Latin jus, via English juice

Noun

juice m (definite singular juicen, indefinite plural juicer, definite plural juicene)

1. juice

Synonyms

• saft

References

• “juice” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• jus

Etymology

From Latin jus, via English juice

Noun

juice m (definite singular juicen, indefinite plural juicar, definite plural juicane)

1. juice

Synonyms

• saft

References

• “juice” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

juice c

1. fruit juice

Declension

Declension of juice
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	juice	juicen	juicer	juicerna
Genitive	juices	juicens	juicers	juicernas

Derived terms

• apelsinjuice
• äppeljuice

See also

• äppelmust
• dricka
• jos
• köttsaft
• lingondricka
• must
• saft