refreshment

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1665; either directly or via Middle English refreschement, from Old French refrescher (12th century; modern French rafraîchir), itself from re- (“again”) + fresche (“fresh”) (modern French frais; from a Germanic source, cognate with Old High German frisc, modern German frisch, Dutch fris, etc.)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈfɹeʃ.mənt/

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Noun

refreshment (countable and uncountable, plural refreshments)

1. The action of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.
2. A light snack or drink.

   All refreshments will be provided by the hosts.

Derived terms

• refreshment car
• refreshment room

Related terms

• refresher

Translations

The action of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour

• Bulgarian: освежаване (bg) n (osvežavane), ободряване (bg) (obodrjavane)
• Dutch: verfrissing (nl), verademing (nl)
• Finnish: virkistys (fi), piristys (fi), virkistäminen (fi), piristäminen (fi)
• French: rafraîchissement (fr) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀναψυχή f (anapsukhḗ)

• Macedonian: освежување n (osvežuvanje)
• Russian: освеже́ние (ru) n (osvežénije)
• Spanish: refrescamiento (es) m

A light snack or drink

• Bulgarian: лека закуска f (leka zakuska), освежителна напитка f (osvežitelna napitka)
• Dutch: versnapering (nl)
• Finnish: virvoke (fi), virvoitusjuoma (fi)
• French: rafraîchissement (fr) m
• German: Erfrischung (de) f
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ساردەمەنی‎ (sardemenî)

• Macedonian: освежителен пијалок m (osvežitelen pijalok)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forfriskning m or f

  Nynorsk: forfrisking f

• Portuguese: refresco (pt) m
• Russian: (snack) заку́ска (ru) f (zakúska), (drink) ^{(please verify)} прохлади́тельный напи́ток m (proxladítelʹnyj napítok)
• Spanish: refrigerio (es) m
• Swedish: förfriskning c

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• Thai: ^{(please verify)} เครื่องดื่ม (th) (krueng-duem)