whiskey

• whisky (England, Scotland, Canada)

Borrowed from Irish uisce beatha, Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (literally “water of life”), from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”) + *biwotos (“life”), from *biwos (“alive”), calque of Latin aqua vitae.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪski/
• (without the wine–whine merger) IPA^(key): /ˈʍɪski/
• Rhymes: -ɪski
• Hyphenation: whis‧key

whiskey (countable and uncountable, plural whiskeys or whiskies)

1. (Ireland, US) A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
   • 1753, “Historical Chronicle”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume XXIII, page 391:

     The exceſſive drinking of ſpirituous liquours, eſpecially whiſkey, is now become ſo common, that more people are killed by them, than by ſmall-pox, fevers, broken limbs, accidents, and all other diſtempers put together. And we are credibly informed, that in one dram ſhop only in this town, there are 120 gallons of that accurſed ſpirit, whiſkey, ſold.

2. (Ireland, US) A drink of whiskey.
3. The letter W in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

The regional spellings whiskey and whisky are also used world-wide to distinguish regional drinks, for example bourbon whiskey, but Scotch whisky.

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Borrowed from English whiskey.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɪski/

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• Hyphenation: whis‧key

whiskey m (plural whiskeys, diminutive whiskeytje n)

1. (a glass of) whiskey

• whisky

Borrowed from English whisky, whiskey, from Irish uisce beatha, Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (literally “water of life”).

• IPA^(key): /wis.ki/

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whiskey m (plural whiskeys)

1. whiskey (drink)

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

whiskey m (plural whiskeys)

1. Alternative form of uísque

From English whiskey

whiskey m (plural whiskeys or whiskey)

1. whiskey