smoothie

See also: Smoothie

English

Alternative forms

• smoothy

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old English smōþ

Middle English smothe

Proto-West Germanic *smanþī

Old English smēþe

Middle English smethe

English smooth

English -ie

English smoothie

From smooth + -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmuːði/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːði
• Hyphenation: smoo‧thie

Noun

smoothie (plural smoothies)

1. A smooth-talking person.
   • 2003, Michael Lydon, Flashbacks: Eyewitness Accounts of the Rock Revolution, 1964-1974, page 7:

     True to their reputations, Paul was a smoothie who put a public relations gloss on everything he said, and John was abrasive and sarcastic, speaking his mind and letting the chips fall where they may.

2. A drink made from whole fruit, thus thicker than fruit juice.
   • 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 10:

     Sometimes he brings her smoothies from his favourite place on Judd Street. He has a weakness for these glutinous confections that are supposed to extend his life.

3. (figurative) A blending of different things, a mishmash
   • 2014, J. Steven Young, Blue Screen of Death, Speedy Publishing LLC, →ISBN:

     He shook his head and cleared the pentup anger and sadness that mixed his mind into a smoothie of emotions he bottled up inside, then scolded himself for allowing the outburst.

4. A member of the mod subculture who is relatively non-violent and wears expensive clothing.
   • 1987, John Irwin (quoting Piri Thomas), The Felon

     The decision to cool myself made the next two years the hardest I had done because it meant being a smoothie and staying out of trouble, which in prison is difficult, […]

   • 1999, Nick Johnstone, Abel Ferrara: The King of New York, page viii:

     Film Comment's David Chute described him as: "small, stringy and intense, but he's better dressed and groomed (than Ferrara), less of a punk and more of a smoothie."

   • 2011, Gerard DeGroot (quoting Brown), Seventies Unplugged

     […] mods, skins, suedes, smoothies, punks, skunks, rude boys, soul boys and headbangers […]

5. (informal) A person with shaven body hair, especially pubic hair.
   • 2000 April 23, Romanesque, “Shaved below”, in uk.rec.naturist‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Smoothies seem much more acceptable now. Back in the "good old days" it [pubic hair] was almost essential for pics etc.

   • 2001 September 5, Lee Gomes, “Chest Shaving Is Going Mainstream, As Magazines Show Smooth Models”, in Wall Street Journal‎^[2]:

     These new smoothies are everywhere. The "Body for Life" fitness program asks people to spend six weeks getting into shape and then send in before-and-after pictures. The men in the "after" shots invariably have shaved chests.

   • 2002 December 17, Arnold Zwicky, “the UnderGear holiday catalog”, in soc.motss‎^[3] (Usenet):

     not a wisp of pubic hair peeking out of even the tiniest thongs and bikini briefs and jockstraps. they should hire, oh, zak spears. he'd blow these smoothies off the page.

Derived terms

• Bandera smoothie
• fruit smoothie
• green smoothie
• smoothify
• white smoothie

Translations

smooth-talker

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 能說會道的人 / 能说会道的人 (néngshuōhuìdào de rén)

• Dutch: gladjanus (nl) m, gladakker (nl) m
• Finnish: imartelija (fi)
• German: aalglatter Bursche m
• Indonesian: pembujuk rayu
• Latin: blandilocutor m
• Polish: pochlebca (pl) m, pochlebczyni (pl) f
• Russian: льсте́ц (ru) m (lʹstéc), красноба́й (ru) m (krasnobáj)
• Spanish: zalamero (es) m

drink — see also milkshake

• Bengali: স্মুথি (śũthi)
• Catalan: batut de fruita m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水果奶昔 (zh) (shuǐguǒ nǎixī), 果昔 (zh) (guǒxī), 冰沙 (zh) (bīngshā), 沙冰 (zh) (shābīng)

• Dutch: smoothie (nl) m
• Esperanto: fruktkirlaĵo, smuzio
• Estonian: smuuti, mahedik
• Finnish: smoothie (fi)
• French: smoothie (fr) m, frappé aux fruits m, frappé (fr) m
• German: Smoothie (de) m
• Greek: φρουτοπολτός (el) m (froutopoltós)
• Hebrew: שייק (he) m (sheyk), סמוזי m (smúzi)
• Hungarian: turmix (hu)
• Icelandic: þeytingur m
• Indonesian: minuman lumat (literally “blended drink”)
• Italian: frullato (it) m, frappè (it) m
• Japanese: スムージー (ja) (sumūjī)
• Korean: 스무디 (seumudi)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: potus commixtus m (literally “blended drink”)
• Mongolian: смүүти (smüüti)
• Polish: smoothie (pl) n
• Portuguese: vitamina (pt) f, batida (pt) f, batido (pt) m
• Russian: сму́зи (ru) m or n (smúzi), фрукто́вый кокте́йль m (fruktóvyj koktɛ́jlʹ)
• Spanish: smoothie m, cremolada f (Peru), licuado (es) m
• Swedish: smoothie (sv) c
• Thai: สมูทที
• Ukrainian: смузі n (smuzi)
• Vietnamese: sinh tố (vi) (生素)
• Welsh: smwddi m
• Yiddish: פֿרוכטשייק (frukhtsheyk)

See also

• thickie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English smoothie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmuː.di/, /ˈsmuː.ti/, [ˈsmuː.ði], [ˈsmuː.di], [ˈsmuː.θi], [ˈsmuː.ti]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: smoo‧thie

Noun

smoothie m (plural smoothies, no diminutive)

1. a smoothie

Derived terms

• groentesmoothie
• smoothiebar
• vruchtensmoothie

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English smoothie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmuːt(ː)i/, [ˈs̠muːt̪(ː)i]
• IPA^(key): /ˈsmuːtie/, [ˈs̠muːt̪ie̞]
• Rhymes: -uːti
• Syllabification^(key): smoot‧hie
• Hyphenation^(key): smoot‧hie

Noun

smoothie

1. smoothie (beverage)

Declension

Inflection of smoothie (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative		smoothie	smoothiet
genitive		smoothien	smoothieiden smoothieitten
partitive		smoothieta	smoothieita
illative		smoothiehen	smoothieihin
		singular	plural
nominative		smoothie	smoothiet
accusative	nom.	smoothie	smoothiet
	gen.	smoothien
genitive		smoothien	smoothieiden smoothieitten
partitive		smoothieta	smoothieita
inessive		smoothiessa	smoothieissa
elative		smoothiesta	smoothieista
illative		smoothiehen	smoothieihin
adessive		smoothiella	smoothieilla
ablative		smoothielta	smoothieilta
allative		smoothielle	smoothieille
essive		smoothiena	smoothieina
translative		smoothieksi	smoothieiksi
abessive		smoothietta	smoothieitta
instructive		—	smoothiein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of smoothie (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative smoothieni smoothieni accusative nom. smoothieni smoothieni gen. smoothieni genitive smoothieni smoothieideni smoothieitteni partitive smoothietani smoothieitani inessive smoothiessani smoothieissani elative smoothiestani smoothieistani illative smoothieheni smoothieihini adessive smoothiellani smoothieillani ablative smoothieltani smoothieiltani allative smoothielleni smoothieilleni essive smoothienani smoothieinani translative smoothiekseni smoothieikseni abessive smoothiettani smoothieittani instructive — — comitative — smoothieineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative smoothiesi smoothiesi accusative nom. smoothiesi smoothiesi gen. smoothiesi genitive smoothiesi smoothieidesi smoothieittesi partitive smoothietasi smoothieitasi inessive smoothiessasi smoothieissasi elative smoothiestasi smoothieistasi illative smoothiehesi smoothieihisi adessive smoothiellasi smoothieillasi ablative smoothieltasi smoothieiltasi allative smoothiellesi smoothieillesi essive smoothienasi smoothieinasi translative smoothieksesi smoothieiksesi abessive smoothiettasi smoothieittasi instructive — — comitative — smoothieinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative smoothiemme smoothiemme accusative nom. smoothiemme smoothiemme gen. smoothiemme genitive smoothiemme smoothieidemme smoothieittemme partitive smoothietamme smoothieitamme inessive smoothiessamme smoothieissamme elative smoothiestamme smoothieistamme illative smoothiehemme smoothieihimme adessive smoothiellamme smoothieillamme ablative smoothieltamme smoothieiltamme allative smoothiellemme smoothieillemme essive smoothienamme smoothieinamme translative smoothieksemme smoothieiksemme abessive smoothiettamme smoothieittamme instructive — — comitative — smoothieinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative smoothienne smoothienne accusative nom. smoothienne smoothienne gen. smoothienne genitive smoothienne smoothieidenne smoothieittenne partitive smoothietanne smoothieitanne inessive smoothiessanne smoothieissanne elative smoothiestanne smoothieistanne illative smoothiehenne smoothieihinne adessive smoothiellanne smoothieillanne ablative smoothieltanne smoothieiltanne allative smoothiellenne smoothieillenne essive smoothienanne smoothieinanne translative smoothieksenne smoothieiksenne abessive smoothiettanne smoothieittanne instructive — — comitative — smoothieinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative smoothiensa smoothiensa accusative nom. smoothiensa smoothiensa gen. smoothiensa genitive smoothiensa smoothieidensa smoothieittensa partitive smoothietaan smoothietansa smoothieitaan smoothieitansa inessive smoothiessaan smoothiessansa smoothieissaan smoothieissansa elative smoothiestaan smoothiestansa smoothieistaan smoothieistansa illative smoothiehensa smoothieihinsa adessive smoothiellaan smoothiellansa smoothieillaan smoothieillansa ablative smoothieltaan smoothieltansa smoothieiltaan smoothieiltansa allative smoothielleen smoothiellensa smoothieilleen smoothieillensa essive smoothienaan smoothienansa smoothieinaan smoothieinansa translative smoothiekseen smoothieksensa smoothieikseen smoothieiksensa abessive smoothiettaan smoothiettansa smoothieittaan smoothieittansa instructive — — comitative — smoothieineen smoothieinensa

Inflection of smoothie (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		smoothie	smoothiet
genitive		smoothien	smoothiejen
partitive		smoothiea	smoothieja
illative		smoothieen	smoothieihin
		singular	plural
nominative		smoothie	smoothiet
accusative	nom.	smoothie	smoothiet
	gen.	smoothien
genitive		smoothien	smoothiejen smoothiein rare
partitive		smoothiea	smoothieja
inessive		smoothiessa	smoothieissa
elative		smoothiesta	smoothieista
illative		smoothieen	smoothieihin
adessive		smoothiella	smoothieilla
ablative		smoothielta	smoothieilta
allative		smoothielle	smoothieille
essive		smoothiena	smoothieina
translative		smoothieksi	smoothieiksi
abessive		smoothietta	smoothieitta
instructive		—	smoothiein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of smoothie (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative smoothieni smoothieni accusative nom. smoothieni smoothieni gen. smoothieni genitive smoothieni smoothiejeni smoothieini rare partitive smoothieani smoothiejani inessive smoothiessani smoothieissani elative smoothiestani smoothieistani illative smoothieeni smoothieihini adessive smoothiellani smoothieillani ablative smoothieltani smoothieiltani allative smoothielleni smoothieilleni essive smoothienani smoothieinani translative smoothiekseni smoothieikseni abessive smoothiettani smoothieittani instructive — — comitative — smoothieineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative smoothiesi smoothiesi accusative nom. smoothiesi smoothiesi gen. smoothiesi genitive smoothiesi smoothiejesi smoothieisi rare partitive smoothieasi smoothiejasi inessive smoothiessasi smoothieissasi elative smoothiestasi smoothieistasi illative smoothieesi smoothieihisi adessive smoothiellasi smoothieillasi ablative smoothieltasi smoothieiltasi allative smoothiellesi smoothieillesi essive smoothienasi smoothieinasi translative smoothieksesi smoothieiksesi abessive smoothiettasi smoothieittasi instructive — — comitative — smoothieinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative smoothiemme smoothiemme accusative nom. smoothiemme smoothiemme gen. smoothiemme genitive smoothiemme smoothiejemme smoothieimme rare partitive smoothieamme smoothiejamme inessive smoothiessamme smoothieissamme elative smoothiestamme smoothieistamme illative smoothieemme smoothieihimme adessive smoothiellamme smoothieillamme ablative smoothieltamme smoothieiltamme allative smoothiellemme smoothieillemme essive smoothienamme smoothieinamme translative smoothieksemme smoothieiksemme abessive smoothiettamme smoothieittamme instructive — — comitative — smoothieinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative smoothienne smoothienne accusative nom. smoothienne smoothienne gen. smoothienne genitive smoothienne smoothiejenne smoothieinne rare partitive smoothieanne smoothiejanne inessive smoothiessanne smoothieissanne elative smoothiestanne smoothieistanne illative smoothieenne smoothieihinne adessive smoothiellanne smoothieillanne ablative smoothieltanne smoothieiltanne allative smoothiellenne smoothieillenne essive smoothienanne smoothieinanne translative smoothieksenne smoothieiksenne abessive smoothiettanne smoothieittanne instructive — — comitative — smoothieinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative smoothiensa smoothiensa accusative nom. smoothiensa smoothiensa gen. smoothiensa genitive smoothiensa smoothiejensa smoothieinsa rare partitive smoothieaan smoothieansa smoothiejaan smoothiejansa inessive smoothiessaan smoothiessansa smoothieissaan smoothieissansa elative smoothiestaan smoothiestansa smoothieistaan smoothieistansa illative smoothieensa smoothieihinsa adessive smoothiellaan smoothiellansa smoothieillaan smoothieillansa ablative smoothieltaan smoothieltansa smoothieiltaan smoothieiltansa allative smoothielleen smoothiellensa smoothieilleen smoothieillensa essive smoothienaan smoothienansa smoothieinaan smoothieinansa translative smoothiekseen smoothieksensa smoothieikseen smoothieiksensa abessive smoothiettaan smoothiettansa smoothieittaan smoothieittansa instructive — — comitative — smoothieineen smoothieinensa

The latter is used by Kotus, but the former one is more common.

Synonyms

• survelo (rare)

Derived terms

• fruitie

Further reading

• “smoothie”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Polish

smoothie

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old English smōþ

Middle English smothe

Proto-West Germanic *smanþī

Old English smēþe

Middle English smethe

English smooth

English -ie

English smoothieubor.

Polish smoothie

Unadapted borrowing from English smoothie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmu.fi/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ufi
• Syllabification: smoo‧thie

Noun

smoothie n (indeclinable)

1. smoothie (drink made from whole fruit, thus thicker than fruit juice)

Further reading

• smoothie at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old English smōþ

Middle English smothe

Proto-West Germanic *smanþī

Old English smēþe

Middle English smethe

English smooth

English -ie

English smoothieubor.

Spanish smoothie

Unadapted borrowing from English smoothie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmudi/ [ˈzmu.ð̞i], /esˈmudi/ [ezˈmu.ð̞i]
• Rhymes: -udi
• Syllabification: smoo‧thie

Noun

smoothie m (plural smoothies)

1. smoothie (beverage)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “smoothie”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA

Swedish

en kiwismoothie

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English smoothie.

Noun

smoothie c

1. a smoothie

   en jordgubbssmoothie

   a strawberry smoothie

   mixa frysta bär och yoghurt till en smoothie

   blend frozen berries and yogurt into a smoothie

   "Smoothie" borde heta "lenis" på svenska

   "Smoothie" should be called "smoothis" in Swedish

Declension

Declension of smoothie

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	smoothie	smoothies
	definite	smoothien	smoothiens
plural	indefinite	smoothies, smoothier	smoothies, smoothiers
	definite	smoothiesarna, smoothierna	smoothiesarnas, smoothiernas

References

• “smoothie”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “smoothie”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)