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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ?????? (vódka), diminutive of ????? (vodá, “water”). Historical documentary research of V. Pokhlyobkin suggests the derivation via the usage "dilution (of distillate) with water", as used in expressions "vodka of grain wine" and similar; ???????? ????? (xlébnoje vinó, “grain wine”) is an archaic Russian name for vodka.

The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, section 5.22(a)(1).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?dk?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?v?dk?/

Noun

vodka (countable and uncountable, plural vodkas)

1. A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.
2. A serving of the above beverage.
3. (US standards of identity) Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• vodka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cornish

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [?v?dka]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [?v?dk?]

Noun

vodka f (plural vodkas)

1. vodka

References

• Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
• 2018, Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (2018 edition, p.190)
• vodka in the Alternative Cornish Dictionary

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ?????? (vódka), diminutive of ????? (vodá, “water”).

Noun

vodka

1. vodka

Declension

Finnish

Alternative forms

• votka

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ?????? (vódka), diminutive of ????? (vodá, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??odk?/, [??o?dk?]
• Rhymes: -odk?
• Syllabification: vod?ka

Noun

vodka

1. vodka

Declension

Synonyms

• paloviina
• viina

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ?????? (vódka), diminutive of ????? (vodá, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?d.ka/

Noun

vodka f (plural vodkas)

1. vodka

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ?????? (vódka), diminutive of ????? (vodá, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?votk?]
• Hyphenation: vod?ka
• Rhymes: -k?

Noun

vodka (plural vodkák)

1. vodka

Declension

Further reading

• vodka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ?????? (vódka), diminutive of ????? (vodá, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?t.k?a/

Noun

vodka n (genitive singular vodka, no plural)

1. vodka

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ?????? (vódka), diminutive of ????? (vodá, “water”).

Noun

vodka f (invariable)

1. vodka

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English vodka, from Russian ?????? (vódka), diminutive of ????? (vodá, “water”).

Noun

vodka m (plural vodkas)

1. (Jersey) vodka

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ?????? (vódka), diminutive of ????? (vodá, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??dk?/
• Rhymes: -?

Noun

vodka m (definite singular vodkaen)

1. vodka

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ?????? (vódka), diminutive of ????? (vodá, “water”).

Noun

vodka m (definite singular vodkaen)

1. vodka

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vod?ka, equivalent to voda (“water”) +? -ka (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?tka/

Noun

vodka f (genitive singular vodky, nominative plural vodky, genitive plural vodiek, declension pattern of žena)

1. vodka

Declension

Derived terms

• vodkový

Further reading

• vodka in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ?????? (vódka, literally “little water”), a diminutive of ????? (vodá, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bodka/, [?boð?.ka]

Noun

vodka m (plural vodkas)

1. vodka

Further reading

• “vodka” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?dka/

Noun

vodka c

1. vodka

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• akvavit

Etymology

From Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish akvavit, from Latin aqua vitae (“spirits”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ækw??vi?t/, /??kw??vi?t/

Noun

aquavit (countable and uncountable, plural aquavits)

1. A Scandinavian liquor that is about 40% alcohol by volume; distilled from potato or grain mash and flavored with caraway seeds, anise, fennel, dill and other spices and herbs, depending on variety.

Synonyms

• (Scandinavian liquor): akvavit

Translations

See also

• aquavit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• vaquita

French

Etymology

From Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish akvavit, from Latin aqua vitae (“spirits”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aquavit m (plural aquavits)

1. aquavit

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• akvavit

Etymology

From Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish akvavit, from Latin aqua vitae (“spirits”).

Noun

aquavit m (plural aquavits)

1. aquavit (Scandinavian liquor)