vodka

See also: водка

English

Various bottles of vodka

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”). Historical documentary research of V. Pokhlyobkin suggests the derivation via the usage "dilution (of distillate) with water", as used in expressions "vodka of grain wine" and similar; хле́бное вино́ (xlébnoje vinó, “grain wine”) is an archaic Russian name for vodka.

The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, section 5.22(a)(1).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɒdkə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑdkə/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

vodka (countable and uncountable, plural vodkas)

1. A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash
   • 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, in Friday's Business‎^[1]:

     Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor. She was quite white. Elsa made her drink a glass of vodka.

2. A serving of the above beverage
3. (US standards of identity) Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color

Derived terms

• caipivodka
• vodkaholic
• vodkaless
• vodkalike
• vodka luge
• vodka sauce
• vodkatini
• vodka tonic

 

Translations

clear distilled alcoholic liquor

• Afrikaans: wodka
• Albanian: vodkë (sq) f
• Arabic: فُودْكَا f (vodkā), فُودْكَا f (fūdkā)
• Armenian: օղի (hy) (ōġi), (colloquial) արաղ (hy) (araġ)
• Asturian: vodca m
• Azerbaijani: araq (az), vodka (az)
• Bashkir: араҡы (araqı)
• Basque: vodka
• Belarusian: гарэ́лка f (harélka), во́дка f (vódka)
• Bengali: ভদকা (bn) (bhodoka)
• Bulgarian: во́дка (bg) f (vódka)
• Burmese: ဗော့ဒ်ကာ (my) (baud.ka)
• Catalan: vodka f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 伏特加酒 (fuk⁶ dak⁶ gaa¹ zau²), 伏特加 (fuk⁶ dak⁶ gaa¹)

  Mandarin: 伏特加酒 (fútèjiājiǔ), 伏特加 (zh) (fútèjiā), 白酒 (zh) (báijiŭ)

• Chuvash: водка (vodka)
• Czech: vodka (cs) f
• Danish: vodka c
• Dutch: wodka (nl) m
• Esperanto: vodko (eo)
• Estonian: viin (et), vodka (et)(uncommon)
• Finnish: votka (fi), vodka (fi)
• French: vodka (fr) f
• Galician: vodka
• Georgian: არაყი (araq̇i), (obsolete) იყი (ka) (iq̇i)
• German: Wodka (de) m

  Central Franconian: Wodka

• Greek: βότκα (el) f (vótka)
• Gujarati: વોડકા (voḍkā)
• Hebrew: ווֹדְקָה (he) f (vodka)
• Hindi: वोदका f (vodkā), वोडका f (voḍkā), बोदका (hi) f (bodkā)
• Hungarian: vodka (hu)
• Icelandic: vodka (is) f
• Indonesian: vodka (id)
• Ingush: къаракъ (qʼaraqʼ)
• Irish: vodca m
• Italian: vodka (it) f
• Japanese: ウォッカ (wokka), ヴォートカ (vōtoka)
• Kalmyk: әрк (ärk)
• Kannada: ವೋಡ್ಕಾ (vōḍkā)
• Kazakh: водка (vodka), арақ (araq)
• Khmer: វ៉ូដាកា (voudaakaa)
• Korean: 보드카 (ko) (bodeuka)
• Kyrgyz: водка (vodka)
• Lao: ວອດກ້າ (wǭt kā)
• Latgalian: braņdīņs
• Latin: vodca f
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• Latvian: degvīns (lv) m, šņabis (lv) m, vodka (lv) f
• Lithuanian: degtinė f, vodka f
• Luxembourgish: Wodka
• Macedonian: вотка f (votka)
• Malay: vodka
• Maltese: vodka f
• Mongolian: цагаан архи (cagaan arxi), архи (mn) (arxi)
• Nivkh: арак (arak)
• Norman: vodka m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vodka m

  Nynorsk: vodka m

• Ossetian: арахъ (araq)
• Persian: ودکا (fa) (vodkâ)
• Polish: wódka (pl) f
• Portuguese: vodca (pt) f, vodka (pt) f
• Romanian: vodcă (ro) f
• Russian: во́дка (ru) f (vódka), горе́лка (ru) f (gorélka) (regional, Ukraine, South Russia)
• Samogitian: arielka f, degtėnė f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: во̏тка f

  Latin: vȍtka (sh) f

• Sinhalese: වොඩ්කා (woḍkā)
• Slovak: vodka (sk) f
• Slovene: vodka f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wodka f

  Upper Sorbian: wódka f

• Southern Altai: аракы (arakï)
• Spanish: vodka (es) f
• Swahili: vodka
• Swedish: vodka (sv) c
• Tagalog: bodka
• Tajik: арақ (araq), водка (vodka)
• Tamil: ஓட்கா (ōṭkā)
• Tatar: водка (wodka), аракы (tt) (araqı)
• Telugu: వోడ్కా (vōḍkā)
• Thai: วอดก้า (wɔ́t-gâa)
• Turkish: votka (tr)
• Turkmen: arak (tk), wodka
• Ukrainian: горі́лка f (horílka), во́дка f (vódka)
• Urdu: وودکا f (vodkā), ووڈکا f (voḍkā)
• Uyghur: ۋوتكا (wotka)
• Uzbek: aroq (uz), vodka
• Vietnamese: vodka (vi), vôtca, rượu vôtca, rượu vodka
• Vilamovian: branfȧjn m
• Yakut: үрүҥ арыгы (ürüñ arıgı)
• Yiddish: מאַשקע (mashke), וואָדקע (vodke)

serving

• Finnish: votka (fi), votkaryyppy (fi)
• Greek: βότκα (el) f (vótka)
• Macedonian: вотка f (votka)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: во́дка (ru) f (vódka)
• Spanish: vodka (es) m or f

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

Noun

vodka

1. vodka

Declension

Declension of vodka

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vodka	vodkaen	vodkaer	vodkaerne
genitive	vodkas	vodkaens	vodkaers	vodkaernes

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• votka

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

Noun

vodka

1. vodka

Declension

Inflection of vodka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		vodka	vodkat
genitive		vodkan	vodkien
partitive		vodkaa	vodkia
illative		vodkaan	vodkiin
		singular	plural
nominative		vodka	vodkat
accusative	nom.	vodka	vodkat
	gen.	vodkan
genitive		vodkan	vodkien vodkain rare
partitive		vodkaa	vodkia
inessive		vodkassa	vodkissa
elative		vodkasta	vodkista
illative		vodkaan	vodkiin
adessive		vodkalla	vodkilla
ablative		vodkalta	vodkilta
allative		vodkalle	vodkille
essive		vodkana	vodkina
translative		vodkaksi	vodkiksi
abessive		vodkatta	vodkitta
instructive		—	vodkin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of vodka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vodkani vodkani accusative nom. vodkani vodkani gen. vodkani genitive vodkani vodkieni vodkaini rare partitive vodkaani vodkiani inessive vodkassani vodkissani elative vodkastani vodkistani illative vodkaani vodkiini adessive vodkallani vodkillani ablative vodkaltani vodkiltani allative vodkalleni vodkilleni essive vodkanani vodkinani translative vodkakseni vodkikseni abessive vodkattani vodkittani instructive — — comitative — vodkineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vodkasi vodkasi accusative nom. vodkasi vodkasi gen. vodkasi genitive vodkasi vodkiesi vodkaisi rare partitive vodkaasi vodkiasi inessive vodkassasi vodkissasi elative vodkastasi vodkistasi illative vodkaasi vodkiisi adessive vodkallasi vodkillasi ablative vodkaltasi vodkiltasi allative vodkallesi vodkillesi essive vodkanasi vodkinasi translative vodkaksesi vodkiksesi abessive vodkattasi vodkittasi instructive — — comitative — vodkinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vodkamme vodkamme accusative nom. vodkamme vodkamme gen. vodkamme genitive vodkamme vodkiemme vodkaimme rare partitive vodkaamme vodkiamme inessive vodkassamme vodkissamme elative vodkastamme vodkistamme illative vodkaamme vodkiimme adessive vodkallamme vodkillamme ablative vodkaltamme vodkiltamme allative vodkallemme vodkillemme essive vodkanamme vodkinamme translative vodkaksemme vodkiksemme abessive vodkattamme vodkittamme instructive — — comitative — vodkinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vodkanne vodkanne accusative nom. vodkanne vodkanne gen. vodkanne genitive vodkanne vodkienne vodkainne rare partitive vodkaanne vodkianne inessive vodkassanne vodkissanne elative vodkastanne vodkistanne illative vodkaanne vodkiinne adessive vodkallanne vodkillanne ablative vodkaltanne vodkiltanne allative vodkallenne vodkillenne essive vodkananne vodkinanne translative vodkaksenne vodkiksenne abessive vodkattanne vodkittanne instructive — — comitative — vodkinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative vodkansa vodkansa accusative nom. vodkansa vodkansa gen. vodkansa genitive vodkansa vodkiensa vodkainsa rare partitive vodkaansa vodkiaan vodkiansa inessive vodkassaan vodkassansa vodkissaan vodkissansa elative vodkastaan vodkastansa vodkistaan vodkistansa illative vodkaansa vodkiinsa adessive vodkallaan vodkallansa vodkillaan vodkillansa ablative vodkaltaan vodkaltansa vodkiltaan vodkiltansa allative vodkalleen vodkallensa vodkilleen vodkillensa essive vodkanaan vodkanansa vodkinaan vodkinansa translative vodkakseen vodkaksensa vodkikseen vodkiksensa abessive vodkattaan vodkattansa vodkittaan vodkittansa instructive — — comitative — vodkineen vodkinensa

Synonyms

• paloviina
• viina

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔd.ka/

• Audio:

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Noun

vodka f (plural vodkas)

1. vodka

Further reading

• “vodka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvotkɒ]
• Hyphenation: vod‧ka

Noun

vodka (plural vodkák)

1. vodka

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vodka	vodkák
accusative	vodkát	vodkákat
dative	vodkának	vodkáknak
instrumental	vodkával	vodkákkal
causal-final	vodkáért	vodkákért
translative	vodkává	vodkákká
terminative	vodkáig	vodkákig
essive-formal	vodkaként	vodkákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vodkában	vodkákban
superessive	vodkán	vodkákon
adessive	vodkánál	vodkáknál
illative	vodkába	vodkákba
sublative	vodkára	vodkákra
allative	vodkához	vodkákhoz
elative	vodkából	vodkákból
delative	vodkáról	vodkákról
ablative	vodkától	vodkáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	vodkáé	vodkáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vodkáéi	vodkákéi

Possessive forms of vodka
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	vodkám	vodkáim
2nd person sing.	vodkád	vodkáid
3rd person sing.	vodkája	vodkái
1st person plural	vodkánk	vodkáink
2nd person plural	vodkátok	vodkáitok
3rd person plural	vodkájuk	vodkáik

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Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔt.kʰa/

Noun

vodka n (genitive singular vodka, no plural)

1. vodka

Declension

declension of vodka

n-w	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vodka	vodkað
accusative	vodka	vodkað
dative	vodka	vodkanu
genitive	vodka	vodkans

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

Noun

vodka f (uncountable)

1. vodka

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English vodka, from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

Noun

vodka m (plural vodkas)

1. (Jersey) vodka

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɔdkɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ

Noun

vodka m (definite singular vodkaen)

1. vodka

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

Noun

vodka m (definite singular vodkaen)

1. vodka

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vodъka, equivalent to voda (“water”) +‎ -ka (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔtka/

Noun

vodka f (genitive singular vodky, nominative plural vodky, genitive plural vodiek, declension pattern of žena)

1. vodka

Declension

Declension of vodka

	singular	plural
nominative	vodka	vodky
genitive	vodky	vodiek
dative	vodke	vodkám
accusative	vodku	vodky
locative	vodke	vodkách
instrumental	vodkou	vodkami

Derived terms

• vodkový

Further reading

• “vodka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka, literally “little water”), a diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbodka/ [ˈboð̞.ka]

Noun

vodka m (plural vodkas)

1. vodka

Further reading

• “vodka”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014