different between juniper vs jenever

English

Etymology

Late Middle English junyper, juniperus, from Latin i?niperus (“juniper-tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?un?p?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?un?p?/, [?d??un??p?]
• Hyphenation: ju?ni?per

Noun

juniper (countable and uncountable, plural junipers)

1. Any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus of the cypress family, which is characterized by pointed, needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones.
2. One of a number of coniferous trees which resemble junipers.
3. (Britain, slang, archaic) Gin.
   • 1834, Young Hearts: A Novel by a Recluse. With a Preface by Miss Jane Porter (page 106)

     […] I said you didn't like them ere strong liquors, but if he warn't particular, I was sure you would pledge him in a glass of juniper, for I had always made you, since we had been man and vife^[sic], take a drop afore you went to market, to keep cold out.

Derived terms

Related terms

• Juniperites

Translations

Further reading

• juniper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Noun

juniper

1. Alternative form of junyper

English

Alternative forms

• genever

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch jenever (“jenever”), from Dutch jeneverbes (“juniper berry”), from Latin juniperus (“juniper”).

Noun

jenever (countable and uncountable, plural jenevers)

1. A Dutch and Flemish alcoholic spirit, flavoured with juniper, rather like gin.

Synonyms

• Dutch gin

Translations

Dutch

Alternative forms

• genever

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jenever, genever, geniver, from Old French genievre (compare French genièvre), via Vulgar Latin from Latin juniperus (“juniper”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /j??ne?v?r/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /???ne?v?r/
• Hyphenation: je?ne?ver
• Rhymes: -e?v?r

Noun

jenever m (plural jenevers, diminutive jenevertje n)

1. jenever
   • 1814, Elias Annes Borger, "De vaderlander".

     Iö den dappren wever! / De vederbos knikt op zijn hoed; / Hij ademt wraak, heeft dorst naar bloed, / En lescht dien met jenever.

Derived terms

• bessenjenever
• graanjenever
• jeneverbes
• jeneverbrander
• jeneverfles
• jeneverkruik
• jeneverkuur
• jeneverneus
• jeneverpaleis
• jeneverstad
• Jeneverstad
• jeneverstoker
• jenevervriend
• vruchtenjenever

Descendants

• ? English: jenever
• ? Indonesian: jenever
• ? Sranan Tongo: yaneyfri