lemonade

English

Lemonade

Etymology

From French limonade, equivalent to lemon +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌlɛmənˈeɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛmənˌeɪd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

lemonade (countable and uncountable, plural lemonades)

1. (US, Canada) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment.
2. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A clear, usually carbonated, beverage made from lemon or artificial lemon flavouring, water, and sugar.
3. (slang, derogatory) Recreational drugs of poor or weak quality, especially heroin.
   • 1965, United States Congress, Hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee of Appropriations, page 128:

     In fact, a recent report from Denver shows it [street heroin] was about 1 to 2 percent and the addicts that are receiving this in many cases refer to it as lemonade, because it is so weak.

   • 1996, Karen Bellenir, Substance Abuse Sourcebook:

     Lemonade — heroin; poor quality drugs

Usage notes

In locations where the meaning as a carbonated beverage is common, the still beverage is often called "homemade lemonade" or "old-fashioned lemonade". The terms "lemon(-flavored) drink" and "lemon(-flavored) beverage" generally denote any lemon-flavored drink.

Synonyms

• citronade (dated)
• (carbonated drink): carbonated lemonade, sparkling lemonade, fizzy lemonade, lemon soda, lemonade soda

Derived terms

• drink something like lemonade
• hard lemonade
• Indian lemonade
• lemonade berry, lemonadeberry (Rhus integrifolia)
• lemonade braids
• lemonade sumac (Rhus integrifolia)
• make lemonade
• pink lemonade
• red lemonade

 

Translations

still beverage

• Arabic: عَصِير اللَّيْمُون‎ (ʕaṣīr al-laymūn), شَرَاب اللَّيْمُون‎ (šarāb al-laymūn), لِيمُونَادَا‎ (līmūnādā), لِيمُونَاضَة‎ (līmūnāḍa)
• Armenian: լիմոնադ (hy) (limonad)
• Azerbaijani: limonad
• Bulgarian: лимонада f (limonada)
• Catalan: llimonada (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᎴᎹᏁᏗ (lemanedi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 檸檬汁／柠檬汁 (ning⁴ mung^4-1 zap¹)

  Mandarin: 檸檬水／柠檬水 (zh) (níngméngshuǐ)

• Czech: limonáda (cs) f
• Dutch: kwast (nl) m
• Esperanto: limonado (eo)
• Estonian: morss
• Finnish: sitruunamehu (fi)
• French: citronnade (fr) f
• German: Limonade (de) f, Zitrone (de) f
• Greek: λεμονάδα (el) f (lemonáda), λεμονίτα (el) f (lemoníta)
• Hawaiian: wai lemi
• Hebrew: לימונדה‎
• Hungarian: limonádé (hu)
• Icelandic: límonaði n, sítrónudrykkur m
• Ido: limonado (io)
• Indonesian: limun (id), sari limau, sitrun (id),, kuas (id)
• Irish: líomanáid f
• Italian: limonata (it) f
• Japanese: レモネード (remonēdo), はちみつレモン (hachimitsu remon) (honey and lemon)
• Korean: 레모네이드 (ko) (remoneideu), 레몬에이드 (remoneideu)
• Latin: limonāta f
• Macedonian: лимона́да f (limonáda)
• Malayalam: നാരങ്ങാവെള്ളം (nāraṅṅāveḷḷaṁ)
• Maltese: luminata f
• Maori: wai rēmana
• Marathi: लिंबू सरबत (limbū sarbat)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: limonade m

  Nynorsk: limonade m

• Ottawa: bookdehminaaboo
• Persian: لیموناد‎ (fa) (limunâd)
• Piedmontese: limonà f, limonada f
• Polish: lemoniada (pl) f
• Portuguese: limonada (pt) f
• Romanian: limonadă (ro) f, citronadă (ro) f
• Russian: лимона́д (ru) m (limonád)
• Scots: skoosh
• Scottish Gaelic: deoch-liomaid f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лимуна́да f

  Roman: limunáda (sh) f

• Slovene: limonada (sl) f
• Spanish: limonada (es) f
• Swahili: maji ya limau
• Swedish: lemonad (sv)
• Tagalog: limonada
• Tamil: எலுமிச்சைச்சாறு (elumiccaiccāṟu)
• Thai: น้ำมะนาว (naammanaao)
• Tok Pisin: moliwara, muliwara, loliwara
• Turkish: limonata (tr)
• Ukrainian: лимона́д (uk) m (lymonád)
• Vietnamese: nước chanh (vi), đá chanh
• Welsh: lemonêd (cy), diod lemon
• West Frisian: limonade
• Yiddish: לימאָנאַד‎ m (limonad)

carbonated beverage

• Bulgarian: лимонада f (limonada)
• Catalan: gasosa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 檸檬水／柠檬水 (zh) (níngméngshuǐ)

• Czech: limonáda (cs) f
• Dutch: limonade (nl) m
• Esperanto: limonado (eo)
• Estonian: limonaad (et), limps (slang)
• Finnish: sitruunasooda (fi), limonadi (fi)
• French: limonade (fr) f
• German: Brause (de) f, Limonade (de) f, Limo (de) f
• Greek: λεμονάδα (el) f (lemonáda), γκαζόζα (el) f (gkazóza), λεμονίτα (el) (lemoníta)
• Japanese: サイダー (ja) (Saidā)
• Korean: 사이다 (ko) (saida)
• Macedonian: газо́за f (gazóza)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sitronbrus m

  Nynorsk: sitronbrus m

• Polish: lemoniada (pl) f
• Portuguese: soda limonada f
• Russian: лимона́д (ru) m (limonád), газиро́вка (ru) f (gaziróvka)
• Scottish Gaelic: deoch-liomaid f
• Spanish: gaseosa de limón f, limonada (es) f, soda limonada f
• Swedish: citronläsk c, citronsoda c
• Tok Pisin: moliwara, muliwara, loliwara
• Turkish: gazoz (tr), limonlu gazoz
• Vietnamese: nước chanh (vi)

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