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beverage
English
Alternative forms
- beveridge (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage, variant of bevrage, from beivre (“to drink”), variant of boivre (“to drink”), from Latin bib?. Related to imbibe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bev???d?/, /?bev??d?/
Noun
beverage (countable and uncountable, plural beverages)
- (chiefly Canada, US) A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks, usually excluding water.
- (Britain, slang, archaic) (A gift of) drink money.
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
- drink
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:beverage
Derived terms
- bevvy
- bev
Related terms
- bever
Translations
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
Alternative forms
- beverich, beverege, bevereche, beveriche, beveredg, berage, berrage, berygge
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): /b?v?r?a?d?(?)/, /?b?v?rad?(?)/, /?b?v?r?d?(?)/, /?b?v?rit?(?)/
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.
Descendants
- English: beverage
- Scots: beverage, baiverage
References
- “bever??e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-08.
Old French
Noun
beverage m (oblique plural beverages, nominative singular beverages, nominative plural beverage)
- Alternative form of bevrage
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comestible
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French comestible, or its source, Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comed? (“I eat”), from com- (English com-) + ed? (“I eat”) (as in English edible), from Proto-Indo-European (whence also English eat). Cognate with Spanish comestible (“grocery”).
Attested as adjective in late 15th century, from Middle French, but fell from use in the 17th century, thence reintroduced from Modern French in 19th century.
Corresponding terms in various Romance languages, more distant cognates include Portuguese and Spanish comida.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??m?st?bl?/
- (Received Pronunciation, also) IPA(key): /k??m?st?bl?/
- Hyphenation US: co?mes?ti?ble; UK: com?est?ible
Adjective
comestible (comparative more comestible, superlative most comestible)
- Suitable to be eaten; edible. [From 15th c.]
- 1536, Sir T. Elyot, Castell of Helth
- Some herbes are most comestible.
- 1972 March 6, Richard W. Langer, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme: Growing Your Own Fresh Herbs, New York, page 40,
- What with freeze-dried chives costing $96 a pound, and those snipped fresh for the omelette from the potted garden on the kitchen ledge almost free, the bountiful begonia has given way in many apartments to more comestible greenery.
- 1993, M. J. Trow, Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring, 2000, page 112,
- Lestrade raised his mug in a loyal toast while Lady Pauline saw to the more comestible sort for breakfast.
- 2007, Rene Simo, The Little Gringo: Love and Martyrdom in Cameroon, page 12,
- From the palm nut we derive palm oil, the most comestible oil in our country and in the whole of Africa.
- 1536, Sir T. Elyot, Castell of Helth
Usage notes
Relatively formal; edible is the usual term, while eatable is rather informal.
Synonyms
- (suitable to be eaten): eatable, edible, esculent
Coordinate terms
- drinkable, potable
Translations
Noun
comestible (plural comestibles)
- (chiefly in the plural) Anything that can be eaten; food. [From 19th c.]
- Synonyms: foodstuff, sustenance, victuals; see also Thesaurus:food
- 1986 February, Joan Fox, Restaurants: Just Like Mama Used to Cook, Cincinnati Magazine, page 116,
- Both serve up, with no fanfare, country comestibles.
- June 4th, 1989, “Pete Granger” (username), Hack Tutorial, Part 03/03, rec.games.hack:
- For instance, a food ration can be polymorphed into a carrot, a tripe ration, or any other comestible.
- 2003, Priscilla Boniface, Tasting Tourism: Travelling for Food and Drink, page 74,
- Precisely that, for example, homemade food, craft pottery, rough-hewn wood furniture, and consumption of comestibles in a barn, are not the usual daily experience is the reason it is fun, enticing and a contrast for a person when on holiday.
Usage notes
Rather formal; the simple term food is far more common. Similarly, the term beverage often serves as a formal equivalent of the more common drink. In both cases, the more elevated term (comestible, beverage) is of French origin, while the plain term (food, 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.
Coordinate terms
- beverage (relatively formal term for something intended to be drunk)
Translations
References
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comed? (“I eat”).
Adjective
comestible (epicene, plural comestibles)
- edible (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption)
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comed? (“I eat”).
Adjective
comestible (masculine and feminine plural comestibles)
- comestible
- Synonym: menjable
Antonyms
- immenjable
- incomestible
Noun
comestible m (plural comestibles)
- (in the plural) comestibles, edibles
Further reading
- “comestible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comed? (“I eat”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
comestible (plural comestibles)
- comestible
- Synonym: mangeable
- Antonyms: immangeable, incomestible
Derived terms
Further reading
- “comestible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Alternative forms
- comestíbel
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comed? (“I eat”).
Adjective
comestible m or f (plural comestibles)
- edible
Antonyms
- incomestible, incomestíbel
Noun
comestible m (plural comestibles)
- (usually in the plural) comestible, edible
Related terms
- comer
Further reading
- “comestible” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comed? (“I eat”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
comestible m (feminine singular comestibla, masculine plural comestibles, feminine plural comestiblas)
- edible
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comed? (“to eat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /komes?tible/, [ko.mes?t?i.??le]
Adjective
comestible (plural comestibles)
- edible, eatable, comestible
Noun
comestible m (plural comestibles)
- (chiefly in the plural) food, comestible
- grocery
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with comible.
Antonyms
- incomestible
Related terms
- comer
Further reading
- “comestible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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