beverage
See also: Beverage
English
Etymology
From Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage, variant of bevrage, from beivre (“to drink”), variant of boivre (“to drink”), from Latin bibō. Related to imbibe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbevəɹɪdʒ/, /ˈbevɹɪdʒ/
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Noun
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A selection of beverages at a buffet in Bratislava, Slovakia
beverage (countable and uncountable, plural beverages)
Usage notes
More elevated than plainer drink. Beverage is of French origin, while drink is of Old English origin, and this stylistic difference by origin is common; see list of English words with dual French and Anglo-Saxon variations.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:beverage
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
drink
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References
Drink on Wikipedia.Wikipedia- beverage at OneLook Dictionary Search
- beverage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French beverage, variant of bevrage; equivalent to bever + -age. For forms such as berage, compare Middle French berage, variant of breuvage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛvərˈaːdʒ(ə)/, /ˈbɛvəradʒ(ə)/, /ˈbɛvərɛdʒ(ə)/, /ˈbɛvəritʃ(ə)/}
Noun
beverage (plural beverages)
- An (alcoholic) beverage or beverages.
- Such a beverage used to close negotiations; said negotiations in themselves.
- Hardship, pain, torment; events that are hard to handle.
References
- “beverāǧe, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-08.
Old French
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