different between liquid vs liqueur

English

Etymology

From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist”), from lique? (“to be liquid, be fluid”). Doublet of liquidus. As a term for a consonant, it comes from Latin liquida (c?ns?n?ns), a calque of Ancient Greek ????? (????????) (hugròn (súmph?non), “liquid consonant”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?k'w?d, IPA^(key): /?l?kw?d/
• Hyphenation: liq?uid

Noun

liquid (countable and uncountable, plural liquids)

1. A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.

   Coordinate terms: solid, gas

   Hyponyms: ideal liquid, non-ideal liquid

2. (phonetics) A class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

   Hypernyms: approximant, consonant

   Coordinate term: glide

Usage notes

The differentiation of a liquid as an incompressible fluid is not strictly correct, experiments having shown that liquids are compressible to a very limited extent. See fluid.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• fluid

Adjective

liquid (comparative more liquid, superlative most liquid)

1. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.

2. (finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
3. (finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
4. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

5. (phonology) Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth.

6. Fluid and transparent.

Synonyms

• (flowing freely like water): flowy, fluxive; see also Thesaurus:runny

Antonyms

• (flowing freely): solid; gaseous
• (easily sold): illiquid
• (having sufficient activity): illiquid

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Translations

Further reading

• liquid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• liquid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• liquid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Adjective

liquid

1. Alternative form of liquide

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin liquidus.

Adjective

liquid m (feminine singular liquida, masculine plural liquids, feminine plural liquidas)

1. liquid

Derived terms

• liquidar

Noun

liquid m (plural liquids)

1. liquid

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 607.

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).