spirits

English

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Verb

spirits

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

Noun

spirits

1. (plural only) distilled alcoholic beverages.
2. plural form of spirit

Synonyms

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

Translations

strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation

• Czech: destilát m, lihovina (cs) f
• Danish: likør (da) c, spiritus c
• Finnish: viina (fi)
• Greek: οινοπνευματώδη n pl (oinopnevmatódi)
• Latvian: spirts m
• Norwegian: sprit

• Persian: عرق (fa) ('araq)
• Romanian: spirt (ro) n, spirturi n pl
• Russian: спирт (ru) m (spirt)
• Spanish: licor (es)
• Swedish: sprit (sv) c
• Thai: สุรา (th) (sùraa)

Derived terms

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