drink

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

bere

🥤

bevanda

bibita

bevuta

beveraggio

chicha

trincare

mangiare

🍽️

bevere

bevi

bicchierata

bicchierino

consumazione

deglutizione

sbevazzare

libare

aperitivo

alcolici

inghiottimento

bere aspirando

bée

bé-vée

abbeveratoio

vé

alcool

assorbire

bere alcolici

bicchiere

coppa

fumare

ingerire

succhiare

vaso

🫙

alcol

bevanda alcolica

brindare

etanolo

fare un brindisi

tracannare

abbeverarsi

drink

🥤

alcoli

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

boire

🥤

beber

🥤

trinken

🥤

boisson

bebida

🥤

drinken

🥤

Getränk

🥤

bebida

beber

🥤

tomar

πίνω

beure

🥤

ποτό

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/dɹɪŋk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: drinken

Ereditato da inglese antico: drincan

Affine frisone occidentale: drinke

Affine basso tedesco: drinken

Affine olandese: drinken

Affine tedesco: trinken

Affine danese: -

Affine norvegese bokmål: drikke

Affine norvegese nynorsk: drikka

Ereditato da inglese medio: drink

Ereditato da inglese antico: drynċ

Affine olandese: 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”).

Frasi

Can I get you a drink ?

Posso darvi un drink?

Drink like a fish , water only .

Bevi come un pesce, solo acqua.

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

A quel ragazzo laggiù piace bere molto, parlare molto, ma non fare nulla.

Want to give my flower a drink .

Voglio dare un drink al mio fiore.

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