apéritif

• aperitif

Borrowed from French apéritif. Doublet of aperitive.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/, /əˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/

apéritif (plural apéritifs)

1. An alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess‎:

     A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
       ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’

• See also Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage

• digestif

Borrowed from Medieval Latin aperītīvus (“opening”, adjective)

• IPA^(key): /a.pe.ʁi.tif/

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apéritif m (plural apéritifs)

1. apéritif

• apéro (informal)

• digestif

• ouvrir

• “apéritif” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• pétrifia