different between liqueur vs amaro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French liqueur. Doublet of liquor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l??kj??/, /l??kj??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l??k?/, /l??k??/

Noun

liqueur (countable and uncountable, plural liqueurs)

1. A flavoured alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol. Cordials are a type of liqueur manufactured using the infusion process as opposed to the essence and distillation processes.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• cordial
• ratafia

Further reading

• liqueur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

liqueur (third-person singular simple present liqueurs, present participle liqueuring, simple past and past participle liqueured)

1. to flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur
2. to top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution

   Every champagne has to be liqueured after its disgorgement, to replace the inevitable loss.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin liquor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.kœ?/

Noun

liqueur f (plural liqueurs)

1. alcoholic liqueur
2. (literary) drinkable liquid
3. (Canada) fizzy drink, pop
4. (obsolete) liquid
5. (Louisiana) liquor

Derived terms

• liqueur de dosage
• liqueur de tirage

Usage notes

• Liqueur and liquor are false friends: French liqueur never applies to alcoholic drinks in general.
• The Quebec use of the term is frequently targeted as an anglicism (from liquor), even though the meaning ("non-alcoholic drink") is older and has little connection to either English term.

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian amaro.

Noun

amaro (countable and uncountable, plural amari or amaros)

1. A type of Italian herbal liqueur

Translations

Anagrams

• -o-rama, -orama, aroma

Catalan

Verb

amaro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of amarar

Esperanto

Etymology

From amara +? -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?maro/
• Hyphenation: a?ma?ro
• Rhymes: -aro

Noun

amaro (uncountable, accusative amaron)

1. bitterness

   Synonym: amareco

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French amarre, Italian amarra, Spanish amarra.

Noun

amaro (plural amari)

1. (nautical) hawser, mooring rope/cable
2. lashing (as for a gun, etc.)

Derived terms

• amaragar (“to moor, belay, make fast”)
• amarago (“mooring”)
• desamaragar (“to unmoor”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin am?rus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?em-, *h?eh?m- (“bitter, raw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?ma.ro/
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: a?mà?ro

Adjective

amaro (feminine amara, masculine plural amari, feminine plural amare)

1. bitter

   Antonym: dolce

Noun

amaro m (plural amari)

1. bitter, bitterness
2. any of several herbal liqueurs

Related terms

Anagrams

• aroma

Latin

Adjective

am?r?

1. dative masculine singular of am?rus
2. dative neuter singular of am?rus
3. ablative masculine singular of am?rus
4. ablative neuter singular of am?rus

Portuguese

Adjective

amaro m (feminine singular amara, masculine plural amaros, feminine plural amaras, comparable)

1. Alternative form of amargo

Noun

amaro m (plural amaros)

1. amaro (an Italian herbal liqueur)

Spanish

Verb

amaro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of amarar.