Complete Definition of "whisky"

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English

Alternative spellings
whiskey (see Usage Notes)

Etymology
Variant of usque.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'wɪski/

Noun
en-noun|whisk|ies

  1. An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain and usually aged by storing in Oak barrels.
Translations
trans-top|alcoholic drink
Bosnian: t-|bs|viski|m
Chinese: �士��
Croatian: t-|hr|viski|m
Dutch: wisky m
Esperanto: t-|eo|viskio|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|viski
Finnish: t-|fi|viski
French: t+|fr|whiskey|m
German: t-|de|Whisky|m
Greek: ο�ί�κ� n
Irish: t-|ga|uisce beatha|xs=Irish
Hungarian: t-|hu|whisky
Icelandic: viskí
Italian: t-|it|whisky|m
Japanese: ����� (wisukii)
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Korean: ��� (wi-seu-k'i)
Latvian: viskijs
Lithuanian: viskis
Norwegian: t-|no|whisky
Portuguese: t-|pt|whisky
Russian: ви�ки m (viski)
Serbian:

Slovak: t-|sk|whisky|f
Spanish: t-|es|güisqui|m, t-|es|whisky|m
Swedish: t-|sv|whisky
Turkish: t-|tr|viski
Ukrainian: в��к� (víski) m, го��лка f (horilka)
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Usage notes
The spellings whisky and whiskey are often used to distinguish country of origin, whisky indicating a Scottish product and whiskey indicating Irish or American.


Dutch

Noun
whisky m

  1. whiskey
  2. whisky

Slovak

Noun
whisky f nondeclinable

  1. whiskey
  2. whisky

Singular
rfc-header|Singular
all cases whisky

Plural
all cases whisky


Spanish

Noun
whisky m

  1. A distilled alcoholic liquor. See güisqui.

Category:Scottish Gaelic derivations
Category:Alcoholic beverages

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