spirits

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪɹɪts/

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Verb

spirits

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spirit

Noun

spirits

1. plural of spirit

spirits pl (plural only)

1. Distilled alcoholic beverages.

Synonyms

• (distilled alcoholic beverages): liquor (chiefly American English)

Translations

strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation

• Czech: destilát (cs) m, lihovina (cs) f
• Danish: likør (da) c, spiritus c
• Esperanto: alkoholaĵo, likvoro
• Finnish: viina (fi)
• Greek: οινοπνευματώδη (el) n pl (oinopnevmatódi)
• Interlingue: sprite
• Latvian: spirts m
• Norwegian: sprit
• Persian: عرق‎ (fa) ('araq)

• Portuguese: destilados m pl
• Romanian: spirt (ro) n, spirturi n pl
• Russian: спирт (ru) m (spirt)
• Spanish: licor (es)
• Swedish: sprit (sv) c
• Thai: สุรา (th) (sù-raa)

Derived terms

• animal spirits
• ardent spirits
• neutral spirits
• wood spirits

Anagrams

• tripsis