whiskey

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

  1. (England, Ireland, US, countable, uncountable) A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
  2. (England, Ireland, US, countable, uncountable) A drink of whiskey.
  3. (alt-of, countable, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Whiskey from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Tính thường xuyên

B2
Phát âm là (IPA)
/ˈwɪski/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥der. Proto-Celtic *udenskyos Old Irish uisce Irish uisce Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Celtic *biwos Proto-Celtic *-tūts Proto-Celtic *biwotūts Old Irish bethu Irish beatha Medieval Latin aqua vītae Irish uisce beathabor. Old Irish uisce Scottish Gaelic uisge Old Irish bethu Scottish Gaelic beatha Medieval Latin aqua vītae Scottish Gaelic uisge-beathabor. English usquebaugh English usque English whiskey Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha, calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae (“water of life”). Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, and water of life from the same source and vodka from a Russian diminutive for water in reference to the dilution of pure grain spirits.

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