different between cocktail vs cockpit

English

Etymology

Unknown; many unproven stories exist. The word first appeared in 1806 (see citation below).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?kte?l/

Noun

cocktail (plural cocktails)

1. A mixed alcoholic beverage.

   Synonyms: mixed drink, (abbreviation) ckt
2. (by extension) A mixture of other substances or things.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hodgepodge
3. A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Darwin to this entry?)

4. (Britain, slang, dated) A mean, half-hearted fellow.

   Synonym: coward
5. A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Adjective

cocktail (comparative more cocktail, superlative most cocktail)

1. (obsolete) Ostentatiously lacking in manners.

Verb

cocktail (third-person singular simple present cocktails, present participle cocktailing, simple past and past participle cocktailed)

1. (transitive) To adulterate (fuel, etc.) by mixing in other substances.
2. (transitive) To treat (a person) to cocktails.

   He dined and cocktailed her at the most exclusive bars and restaurants.

See also

• swizzle
• See also Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage

References

• Michael Quinion (2004) , “Cocktail”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, ?ISBN

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?kte?l/
• Hyphenation: cock?tail

Noun

cocktail m (plural cocktails, diminutive cocktailtje n)

1. cocktail

Derived terms

• cocktailbar
• cocktailjurk
• cocktailparty
• cocktailsaus
• molotovcocktail

Finnish

Alternative forms

• koktaili

Etymology

Borrowed from English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kokt?i?l/, [?ko?kt??i?l]
• IPA^(key): /?koktei?l/, [?ko?kt?e?i?l]
• Syllabification: cock?tail

Noun

cocktail

1. cocktail (mixed drink)

Declension

Synonyms

• juomasekoitus
• kimara

French

Etymology

From English cocktail, which is of unclear origin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?k.t?l/

Noun

cocktail m (plural cocktails)

1. cocktail
2. (metonymically) cocktail party

Derived terms

• cocktail de crevettes

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.

Noun

cocktail m (invariable)

1. cocktail
2. cocktail party

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English cocktail.

Noun

cocktail m (definite singular cocktailen, indefinite plural cocktailer, definite plural cocktailene)

1. cocktail

References

• “cocktail” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English cocktail.

Noun

cocktail m (definite singular cocktailen, indefinite plural cocktailar, definite plural cocktailane)

1. cocktail

References

• “cocktail” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Noun

cocktail m (plural cocktails or cocktail)

1. Alternative spelling of cóctel

Swedish

Etymology

From English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.

Noun

cocktail c

1. cocktail

Declension

Derived terms

• cocktailparty
• cocktailpåse
• molotovcocktail

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• c?c tay

Etymology

From English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [kok??? taj??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [kok???? taj??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kok??? ta(?)j??]
• Phonetic: cô?c tay

Noun

cocktail

1. cocktail

See also

• r??u c?ctay

English

Etymology

From cock +? pit.

Noun

cockpit (plural cockpits)

1. The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile). [from 20th c.]
2. The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous area in a spacecraft. [from 20th c.]
3. (now chiefly historical) A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting. [from 16th c.]
4. (figuratively) A site of conflict; a battlefield. [from 16th c.]
   • 2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan 2017, p. 170:

     India became the cockpit in which it was shown that trade was war carried on under another name.

5. (vulgar, slang) The vagina. [from 17th c.]
6. (Jamaican) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes. [from 17th c.]
7. (nautical, now historical) The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay. [from 17th c.]
8. (nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located. [from 18th c.]
9. (figuratively) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• (control area of an airplane): flight deck, office

Derived terms

• bathtub cockpit
• cockpit voice recorder, cockpit recorder
• glass cockpit
• greenhouse cockpit

Descendants

Translations

Anagrams

• Pitcock, cocktip

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English cockpit.

Noun

cockpit m (plural cockpits)

1. cockpit

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English cockpit.

Noun

cockpit m (definite singular cockpiten, indefinite plural cockpiter, definite plural cockpitene)

1. (aviation, nautical) a cockpit (of an aircraft or boat)

References

• “cockpit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English cockpit.

Noun

cockpit m (definite singular cockpiten, indefinite plural cockpitar, definite plural cockpitane)

1. (aviation, nautical) a cockpit (of an aircraft or boat)

References

• “cockpit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.