drink

Signification

Verb

1. To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
2. To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
3. To consume alcoholic beverages.
4. To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
5. To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
6. (obsolete) To smoke, as tobacco.

Noun

1. A beverage.
2. Drinks in general; something to drink.
3. A type of beverage (usually mixed).
4. A (served) alcoholic beverage.
5. The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
6. Alcoholic beverages in general.
7. A standard drink.
8. (colloquial) Any body of water.
9. A downpour; a cloudburst; a rainstorm; a deluge; a lot of rain.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɹɪŋk/

Étymologie

From Middle English drinken, from Old English drincan (“to drink, swallow up, engulf”), from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp”), nasalised variant of *dʰreǵ- (“to draw, glide”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian drinke (“to drink”), Low German drinken (“to drink”), Dutch drinken (“to drink”), German trinken (“to drink”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål drikke (“to drink”), Norwegian Nynorsk drikka (“to drink”).

Phrases

Can I get you a drink ?

Puis-je vous procurer un verre?