different between liqueur vs kummel

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

Alternative forms

• kümmel

Etymology

From German Kümmel.

Noun

kummel (countable and uncountable, plural kummels)

1. A German caraway liqueur.
   • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 140:

     ‘The best kümmel comes in those bear-shaped bottles. It comes from Russia.’

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kümmel, from Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German kumil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.m?l/
• Hyphenation: kum?mel
• Rhymes: -?m?l

Noun

kummel m (uncountable)

1. caraway, Carum carvi

   Synonym: karwij

2. kummel (caraway-based spirits)

Related terms

• komijn

French

Etymology

From German Kümmel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.m?l/

Noun

kummel m (plural kummels)

1. kummel

Further reading

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