drink

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
2. (metonymically, transitive) To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
3. (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
4. (transitive) To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
5. (transitive) To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
6. (archaic, transitive) To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially
7. (archaic, transitive) To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially:
8. (archaic, obsolete, transitive) To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially:
9. (obsolete, transitive) To smoke, as tobacco.
10. Used in phrasal verbs: drink down, drink in, drink off, drink out, drink to, drink up.

Noun

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

Concepts

boire

🥤

boisson

consommation

verre

breuvage

manger

🍽️

alcool

abreuver

🚰

consommer

fumer

avaler

déjeuner

s’enivrer

toast

spiritueux

s’abreuver

boisson alcoolisée

pomper

prendre

prendre une verre

souffrir

sucer

chopiner

éthanol

gorgée

lever le coude

Santé

vider d’un trait

boire rapidement

soûlographie

recevoir des coups

bw~a

boire avec excès

drink

beirr

breuvage

absorber

alcooliser

aronde

boire cul sec

bouffer

🍽️

chicha

enivrer

faire une pause

fond

🔙

goutte

💧

hirondelle

ingérer

ivresse

lécher

Synonymes

beverage

eat

🍽️

swallow

sip

consume

gulp

suck

imbibe

booze

quaff

smoke

liquor

guzzle

drinking

water

🚰

take

toast

potable

fuddle

enjoy

potation

knock back

liquid

drinkable

tipple

swig

spirits

alcohol

potion

drink in

lick

give a drink to

juice

wassail

deglutition

absorb

food

🍽️

bevvy

salute

cup

crapulence

boozing

shot

bolt

slurp

soak

swill

chew

drunkenness

pledge

Traductions

beber

🥤

trinken

🥤

bere

🥤

drinken

🥤

bebida

🥤

Getränk

🥤

bebida

tomar

beber

🥤

πίνω

beure

🥤

bevanda

ποτό

bibita

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɹɪŋk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: drinken

Hérité de ancien anglais: drincan

Appartenant à frison occidental: drinke

Appartenant à bas-allemand: drinken

Appartenant à néerlandais: drinken

Appartenant à allemand: trinken

Appartenant à danois: -

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: drikke

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: drikka

Hérité de moyen anglais: drink

Hérité de ancien anglais: drynċ

Appartenant à néerlandais: drank

In summary

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 Yola drink (“to drink”), North Frisian drank, drainke, drink, drinke (“to drink”), West Frisian drinke (“to drink”), Alemannic German trénge, trenhu, trinche, tringhien, trinke (“to drink”), Bavarian dringa, trinckn, trinkhn, trinkn (“to drink”), Cimbrian trinkan, trinkhan (“to drink”), Dutch, Low German drinken (“to drink”), German, Mòcheno trinken (“to drink”), Luxembourgish drénken (“to drink”), Yiddish טרינקען (trinken, “to drink”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål drikke (“to drink”), Elfdalian drikka (“to drink”), Faroese, Icelandic drekka (“to drink”), Jutish drenk (“to drink”), Norwegian Nynorsk drikka, drikke (“to drink”), Swedish dricka (“to drink”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽 (drigkan, “to drink”), Vandalic drincan (“to drink”), French trinquer (“to booze, drink alcohol”), Italian trincare (“to knock back (a drink)”), Spanish trincar (“to get drunk”).

Phrases

Can I get you a drink ?

Puis-je vous procurer un verre?

Drink like a fish , water only .

Buvez comme un poisson, de l'eau uniquement.

That guy over there likes to drink a lot , talk a lot , but do nothing .

Ce gars là-bas aime beaucoup boire, parler beaucoup, mais ne rien faire.

Want to give my flower a drink .

Je veux boire un verre à ma fleur.

They went in to drink the tea , which was served in beautiful crystal glasses .