different between absinthe vs absinthium

English

Alternative forms

• absinth

Etymology

French absinthe, from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ???????? (apsínthion, “wormwood”). Doublet of absinthium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æb.s?n?/, /?æb.sæn?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.s?n?/, /?æb.sæ??/

Noun

absinthe (countable and uncountable, plural absinthes)

1. The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood. [from 1350–1470]
2. (figuratively) Bitterness; sorrow. [from 1350–1470]
3. A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs. [from mid 19^th c.]

   Synonym: (colloquial) green fairy
4. (color) A moderate yellow green. [from late 19^th c.]

   Synonym: absinthe green

5. (US) Sagebrush.

Usage notes

• (wormwood): Absinth is the preferred spelling of this sense only.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• absinthe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• enhabits

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin absinthium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.s??t/

Noun

absinthe f (plural absinthes)

1. wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
2. absinthe

   Synonym: fée verte

Descendants

• ? Catalan: absenta
• ? English: absinthe
• ? Norwegian Bokmål: absint
• ? Portuguese: absinto

Further reading

• “absinthe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• absinthe on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

English

Etymology

From Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ???????? (apsínthion). Doublet of absinthe.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?s?n.?i.m?/

Noun

absinthium (uncountable)

1. (now rare) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
2. The dried leaves and flowering tops of the wormwood plant.
3. absinthe oil

Translations

References

Anagrams

• bismuthian

Latin

Alternative forms

• apsinthium

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (apsínthion, “wormwood”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ab?sin.t?i.um/, [äp?s??n?t??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap?sin.ti.um/, [?p?sin?t?ium]

Noun

absinthium n (genitive absinthi? or absinth?); second declension

1. wormwood
2. an infusion of wormwood sometimes masked with honey due to its bitter taste
3. (figuratively) something which is bitter but wholesome
4. accusative singular of absinthium
5. vocative singular of absinthium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Dalmatian: ascianz
• ? French: absinthe
  • ? Catalan: absenta
  • ? English: absinthe
  • ? Norwegian Bokmål: absint
  • ? Portuguese: absinto
• ? Georgian: ??????? (abzinda)
• ? Irish: apsaint
• Italian: assenzio
• ? Portuguese: absíntio
• Spanish: ajenjo
• ? Spanish: absintio

References

• absinthium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• absinthium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• absinthium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers