different between pisco vs grappa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from the name of the city Pisco, from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

Noun

pisco (countable and uncountable, plural piscos)

1. A liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing regions of Peru and Chile. It is the most widely consumed spirit in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.

Translations

Derived terms

• pisco sour

Further reading

• pisco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• COIPs, Picos

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from the name of the city Pisco, from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

Noun

pisco m (plural piscos)

1. pisco

Galician

Etymology

From Back-formation from piscar (“to blink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pisk?]

Noun

pisco m (plural piscos)

1. robin, European robin (Erithacus rubecula)

   Synonyms: paporroibo, paifoco

2. a bit

   Synonym: chisco

References

• “pisco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “pisco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pisco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Verb

pisco

1. first-person singular present indicative of piscar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pisko/, [?pis.ko]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

Noun

pisco m (plural piscos, feminine pisca, feminine plural piscas)

1. (Colombia, Venezuela) turkey (bird)

   Synonyms: pavo, (Mexico, Central America) chompipe, (Mexico, Central America) guajolote, (Cuba) guanajo

Etymology 2

From the name of the city Pisco, from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

Noun

pisco m (plural piscos)

1. pisco

References

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian grappa. Doublet of grape.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æp?

Noun

grappa (countable and uncountable, plural grappas)

1. (uncountable) An Italian grape-based spirit of between 80 and 100 proof, made from the distillation of pomace.
2. (countable) A variety or serving of grappa.

Translations

Cornish

Noun

grappa m (plural grappys)

1. grape

Derived terms

• gwedhen grappys

Estonian

Noun

grappa

1. grappa

Finnish

Etymology

< Italian grappa

Noun

grappa

1. grappa

Declension

or

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rap.pa/
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: gràp?pa

Etymology 1

From West Germanic.

Noun

grappa f (plural grappe)

1. A metal rod bent at the ends.
2. brace (arrangement for producing tension)
3. (typography) Synonym of graffa

Etymology 2

From Lombardic grapa (“bunch (of grapes)”).

Noun

grappa f (plural grappe)

1. grappa

   Synonym: acquavite

References

• grappa¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• grappa² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana